The human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British).
synonyms: countenance, kisser, mug, phiz, smiler, visage.
Roget 448:
appearance,
phenomenon,
sight,
spectacle,
show,
premonstration†,
scene,
species,
view,
coup d'oeil [Fr.];
lookout,
outlook,
prospect,
vista,
perspective,
bird's-eye view,
scenery,
landscape,
picture,
tableau;
display,
exposure,
mise en sc ne [Fr.];
rising of the curtain.
phantasm,
phantom
etc.
(fallacy of vision)
443.
pageant,
spectacle;
peep-show,
raree-show,
gallanty-show;
ombres chinoises [Sp.];
magic lantern,
phantasmagoria,
dissolving views;
biograph†,
cinematograph,
moving pictures;
panorama,
diorama,
cosmorama†,
georama†;
coup de theatre,
jeu de theatre [Fr.];
pageantry
etc.
(ostentation)
882;
insignia
etc.
(indication)
550.
aspect,
angle,
phase,
phasis†,
seeming;
shape
etc.
(form)
240;
guise,
look,
complexion,
color,
image,
mien,
air,
cast,
carriage,
port,
demeanor;
presence,
expression,
first blush,
face of the thing;
point of view,
light.
lineament feature trait lines;
outline,
outside;
contour,
face,
countenance,
physiognomy,
visage,
phiz. ,
cast of countenance,
profile,
tournure†,
cut of one s jib,
metoposcopy†;
outside
etc.
220.
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Roget 522:
interpretation,
definition;
explanation,
explication;
solution,
answer;
rationale;
plain interpretation,
simple interpretation,
strict interpretation;
meaning
etc.
516.
translation;
rendering,
rendition;
redition†;
literal translation,
free translation;
key;
secret;
clew
etc.
(indication)
550;
clavis†,
crib,
pony,
trot [U.S.].
exegesis;
expounding,
exposition;
hermeneutics;
comment,
commentary;
inference
etc.
(deduction)
480;
illustration,
exemplification;
gloss,
annotation,
scholium†,
note;
elucidation,
dilucidation†;
eclaircissement [Fr.],
mot d'enigme [Fr.].
[methods of interpreting - list]
symptomatology [Med.],
semiology,
semeiology†,
semiotics;
metoposcopy†,
physiognomy;
paleography
etc.
(philology)
560;
oneirology acception†,
acceptation,
acceptance;
light,
reading,
lection,
construction,
version.
equivalent,
equivalent meaning
etc.
516;
synonym;
paraphrase,
metaphrase†;
convertible terms,
apposition;
dictionary
etc.
562;
polyglot.
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Roget 234:
front;
fore,
forepart;
foreground;
face,
disk,
disc,
frontage;
facade,
proscenium,
facia [Lat.],
frontispiece;
anteriority†;
obverse
(of a medal or coin).
fore rank,
front rank;
van,
vanguard;
advanced guard;
outpost;
first line;
scout.
brow,
forehead,
visage,
physiognomy,
phiz†,
countenance,
mut [Slang];
rostrum,
beak,
bow,
stem,
prow,
prore†,
jib.
pioneer
etc.
(precursor)
64;
metoposcopy†.
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Dutch: fysionomie
Polish: gębusia