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- [fey-ser]
- /ˈfeɪ sər/
- /ˈfeɪsə/
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- [fey-ser]
- /ˈfeɪ sər/
Definitions of facer word
- noun facer a person or thing that faces. 1
- noun facer Informal. a blow in the face. 1
- noun facer British Informal. an unexpected major difficulty, dilemma, or defeat. 1
- noun facer A blow to the face. 1
- noun facer a person or thing that faces 0
- noun facer a lathe tool used to turn a face perpendicular to the axis of rotation 0
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Origin of facer
First appearance:
before 1505 One of the 26% oldest English words
First recorded in 1505-15; face + -er1
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Parts of speech for Facer
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
facer popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 69% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
facer usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for facer
noun facer
- riddle — a coarse sieve, as one for sifting sand in a foundry.
- stickler — a person who insists on something unyieldingly (usually followed by for): a stickler for ceremony.
- problem — any question or matter involving doubt, uncertainty, or difficulty.
- question — a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
- puzzle — a toy, problem, or other contrivance designed to amuse by presenting difficulties to be solved by ingenuity or patient effort.
adj facer
- clothed — If you are clothed in a certain way, you are dressed in that way.
- face — the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- sheathed — a case or covering for the blade of a sword, dagger, or the like.
- arrayed — If things are arrayed in a particular way, they are arranged or displayed in that way.
- garbed — a fashion or mode of dress, especially of a distinctive, uniform kind: in the garb of a monk.