Synonyms for CHEEK
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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, cheek, 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, cheek, 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, cheek, 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

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1. • Body Part
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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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How to use CHEEK in a sentence?

1. Photographer Daniel Kariko:

   It's a fun project, most of all, they're meant to be sort of tongue in cheek.

2. Fred Couples:

   Completely, it was really something. I didn't think that would happen. The greatest thing about him is every time I saw him he would give me a kiss on the cheek. I felt pretty special.

3. Paul Stenson:

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

4. Top Egyptian businessman Naguib Sawiris:

   You want to tell me I should give the other cheek to these people? I'll go out and find them. That's my dream: to go out and find these people, i come from the south. In the south, if you kill one of my family, I kill ten of your family... It's based on revenge.

5. Courtney Wilson and Taylor Guerrero:

   We were holding hands and I was kissing her cheek, we were just happy to be out here.