smiley
/ˈsmaɪli/US/ˈsmaɪli/
smiley adjective: cheerful and happy; smiling.
Adjective
Noun (1)
smiley (plural smileys or smilies)
- A simplified representation of a smiling face.
- Synonyms:
- smiley face
- A sequence of text characters used to represent a mood, especially :) or :-) or other depictions of smiling.
- How do you type the angry smiley?
- Synonyms:
- emoticon
- An improvised street weapon consisting of a length of chain with padlocks and other heavy objects affixed to one end.
- A roasted sheep's head.
- A piercing worn in the upper frenulum (upper lip).
- Smiley/Scrumper and Frowny Smiley and scrumper are both names for a piercing of the upper frenulum that attaches the center of the lip to the gums.[2011, Elayne Angel, The Piercing Bible: The Definitive Guide to Safe Body Piercing, Crossing Press, →ISBN, page 118
Noun (2) capitalized: Smiley
Smiley (plural Smileys)
Proper noun capitalized: Smiley
Smiley (countable and uncountable, plural Smileys)
- A Scottish surname transferred from the nickname, perhaps originally a byname for a happy, smiling person.
- At a press conference on Sunday, the mayor of Providence, Brett Smiley, was asked what could be done to stop the "uniquely American experience" of mass shootings on campuses.2025 December 14, Nada Tawfik, Pratiksha Ghildial, “'Everyone says it'll never be me' - Brown University student on surviving two mass shootings”, in BBC
- A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.
- A township in Pennington County, Minnesota, United States, named for William C. Smiley.
- A city in Gonzales County, Texas, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Lee County, Virginia, United States.
smiley meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Gujarati
smiley in Hindi
- स्माइली
smiley in Tamil
- முகவடி
smiley in Kannada
- ಕಿಸ್ಬಾಯಿ, ಕಿಸಿಲು, ಕಿಸಿಕಿ, ನಗಿ
smiley in Gujarati
- સ્માઇલી, સ્માઈલી
More languagesFewer languages
- smiley in Nepali
- स्माइली
- smiley in Thai
- สไมลีย์
Examples of smiley in a sentence
- I smiled at the little smiley face someone had drawn onto the mug in black nikko.
- I use the smiley face with the hearts for eyes as my emoji.
- First off, smiley faces are the ONLY kind of emoticon allowed in business correspondence.
Synonyms of smiley
Forms of smiley
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | smilier |
| superlative | smiliest |
| alternative form | smilie |
| alternative form | smily |
| Noun | |
| plural | smileys |
| plural | smilies |
| plural | Smileys |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Smileys |
| alternative form | Smellie |
| alternative form | Smylie |
| alternative form | Smyly |
| alternative form | Smilie |
Origin of smiley
From smile + -y (adjectival suffix). The noun is from the adjective, after smiley face.
Phrases with smiley
Words that rhyme with smiley
Questions about smiley
- What does smiley mean?
- Smiley means cheerful and happy; smiling.
- What is smiley in Hindi?
- Smiley in Hindi is स्माइली. See Smiley meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is smiley?
- Smiley can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce smiley?
- Smiley is pronounced /ˈsmaɪli/.
Words near smiley in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: smiley (page history and authors); Smiley (page history and authors); smiley (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); smiley (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); smiley (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); smiley (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); smiley (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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