Antonyms 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

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1. • Body Part
   • Feature
   • Speak

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms: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

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

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

1. cheek

   Synonyms:
   bucca NA6, mala

How to use cheek in a sentence?

1. Steve Duprey:

   I know the president is subject to lots of attacks, but he should always try to turn the other cheek and take the high road.

2. Galia Slayen:

   It's tongue in cheek, there were obviously no crickets on the debate stage.

3. Andy Duncan:

   The eccentricity I value is essentially benign, a harmless individualism that reflects a unique, cockeyed view of the world, and spices up what otherwise might be a mundane menu, these eccentrics tend to be self-aware and tongue in cheek. They're winking at us. Some eccentrics, moreover, are just visionaries ahead of their time, like the early advocates of such eccentric notions as animal welfare.

4. 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?

5. Jason Johnson:

   I have been saying sort of tongue in cheek and very seriously, institutional racism actually works better than this, this is incompetence.

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