superficies

noun

Definition of superficiesnext
as in features

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for superficies
  1. presence
  2. countenance
  3. aspect
  4. physiognomy
  5. habitus
  6. person
  7. appearance
  8. face
Noun
  • The presence of debt makes borrowers contractually liable for repayment.
    Ann Rutledge, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
  • Through a combination of technical mastery and creative innovation, Donatello has established his work as a respected presence in the realm of fine art.
    Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2025
Definition of presence
Noun
  • This was the countenance that Mishima adopted in many photographs taken of him in the sixties.
    Ian Buruma, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
  • She has been transformed—her facial structure has sharpened, her irises have brightened, and her whole countenance has assumed an enigmatic allure.
    Amy Fine Collins, airmail.news, 26 Oct. 2024
Definition of countenance
Noun
  • Another aspect to note is that the AI didn’t ridicule me or otherwise play any tomfoolery about my aspiration.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
  • Fifty-one congressional committees and subcommittees have jurisdiction over various aspects of the EPA, and both the Government Accountability Office and EPA’s own inspector general regularly review the agency’s work.
    Stan Meiburg, The Conversation, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of aspect
Noun
  • Kahn presents an extraordinary panoply of European, African, and Latin faces — physiognomies that instantly convey a liberal democracy in conflict.
    Armond White, National Review, 6 Sep. 2024
  • Guston’s first comic for The Junior Times, a sparse strip drawn at age 12, introduced Little Snowball, a Black youth bearing exaggerated racial physiognomy and dialect.
    Walker Mimms, New York Times, 4 June 2024
Definition of physiognomy
Noun
  • But the heritage details of the skull anatomy around the ear and jaw joint show that these two hunting mammals evolved their similar habitus independently from different ancestors.
    Robert Baker, Discover Magazine, 12 Nov. 2019
  • The study finds that the heterosexual women and the non-heterosexual men show the greatest commitment to the habitus and the heterosexual men the least.
    Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 17 Mar. 2015
Definition of habitus
Noun
  • These advances would lead to the emergence of precision medicine, which uses patient-specific information to tailor health care decisions to each person.
    Aaron J. Masino, The Conversation, 10 Jan. 2025
  • There is a $10 per person fee paid to the instructor.
    Kris Slugg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of person
Noun
  • The Big Joe Rogan thing for me was the recent appearance by Marc Andreessen.
    Lauren Goode, WIRED, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Reis has been capped by Brazil up to under-17 level and has made 22 first-team appearances for Palmeiras since making his senior debut in June.
    Sam Lee, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of appearance
Noun
  • Enzo Maresca had no difficulty in pinpointing the precise moment a positive Chelsea performance against Bournemouth began to disintegrate in the face of familiar flaws.
    Liam Twomey, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
  • As for her glam, Good opted to toss her hair up into a bun, with a few strands to frame her face.
    Julia Teti, WWD, 15 Jan. 2025
Definition of face
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Podcast

Theme music by Joshua Stamper ©2006 New Jerusalem Music/ASCAP

Thesaurus Entries Near superficies

superficially

superficies

superfine

See More Nearby Entries 

Cite this Entry

“Superficies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/superficies. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.

Copy Citation

Share

More from Merriam-Webster on superficies

Britannica.com: Encyclopedia article about superficies

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

Popular in Grammar & Usage

See All

'Affect' vs. 'Effect'

Using Bullet Points ( • )

Why is '-ed' sometimes pronounced at the end of a word?

What's the difference between 'fascism' and 'socialism'?

More Commonly Misspelled Words
See All

Popular in Wordplay

See All

Top 12 Sophisticated Compliments

Word of the Year 2024 | Polarization

Terroir, Oenophile, & Magnum: Ten Words About Wine

8 Words for Lesser-Known Musical Instruments

10 Words from Taylor Swift Songs (Merriam's Version)
See All

Games & Quizzes

See All
Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Word Game Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
white rubber duck stands out in a row of yellow ducks
Odd Word Out: Synonyms Quiz Figure out which word isn't like the others.