Synonyms for cheek
tʃikcheek

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1. cheeknoun

   Impudence.

   You’ve got some cheek, asking me for money!

   Synonyms:
   impudence, impertinence, brass neck, nerve, sass

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:4.5 / 2 votes

1. cheeknoun

   either side of the face below the eyes

   Synonyms:
   boldness, face, buttock, impertinence, nerve, brass, impudence

2. impudence, cheek, impertinencenoun

   an impudent statement

   Synonyms:
   archness, boldness, impudence, freshness, perkiness, insolence, crust, cheekiness, impertinence, buttock, brass, face, gall, sauciness, nerve, pertness

3. buttock, cheeknoun

   either of the two large fleshy masses of muscular tissue that form the human rump

   Synonyms:
   buttock, boldness, face, nerve, brass, impudence, impertinence

4. boldness, nerve, brass, face, cheekverb

   impudent aggressiveness

   "I couldn't believe her boldness"; "he had the effrontery to question my honesty"

   Synonyms:
   font, look, case, hardiness, nervus, aspect, administration, strikingness, boldness, fount, buttock, impudence, governing body, hardihood, nerve, plaque, daring, facial expression, brass section, brass, side, organization, grimace, heart, memorial tablet, spunk, face, organisation, mettle, expression, governance, brass instrument, human face, establishment, typeface, impertinence

5. cheekverb

   speak impudently to

Matched Categories

1. • Body Part
   • Feature
   • Speak

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cheeknoun

   Synonyms:
   side of the face

2. cheeknoun

   Synonyms:
   [Colloquial.] boldness, impudence, insolence, impertinence, sauciness, assurance, audacity, presumption, face, front, effrontery, brass

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. cheeknoun

   Synonyms:
   jowl

   Associated words:
   zygoma, zygomatic, buccate, buccal, malar, buccinator, meloncus, meloplasty, melitis, dimple, jugal

2. cheeknoun

   Synonyms:
   (Slang) effrontery, temerity, assurance, impudence, audacity

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "cheek":

   plays, toupee, effrontery, play, insolence, nerve, playing

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1. List of known nicknames for "Cheek":

   Jare Henrik Tiihonen

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cheek

   Synonyms:
   bucca NA6, mala

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1. James Joyce:

   What did that mean, to kiss? You put your face up like that to say goodnight and then his mother put her face down. That was to kiss. His mother put her lips on his cheek; her lips were soft and they wetted his cheek; and they made a tiny little noise: kiss. Why did people do that with their two faces?

2. Mark Boughton:

   The kids take it tongue in cheek. They understand, because it's sort of a tradition around here, we go back and forth. But it's all in good fun.

3. Shakespeare A Lover's Complaint 279:

   This said, his watery eyes he did dismount, Whose sights till then were levell'd on my face; Each cheek a river running from a fount With brinish current downward flow'd apace: O, how the channel to the stream gave grace!

4. Kelly Kim:

   One night, we just said 'Yellow Fever!' and it worked. It's tongue-in-cheek, kind of shocking, and it's not exclusive — you can fit all Asian cultures under one roof with a name like this. We just decided to go for it.

5. Paul Stenson:

   My page is run in a tongue-in-cheek way so I can never back down, so I fought fire with fire.