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face saving
Overview of noun face-saving
The noun face saving has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) face saver, face saving -- (an act that avoids a loss of face (of dignity or prestige))
Overview of adj face-saving
The adj face-saving has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) face-saving -- (maintaining dignity or prestige; "a face-saving compromise")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun face-saving
1 sense of face saving
Sense 1
face saver, face saving
=> accomplishment, achievement
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun face-saving
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun face-saving
1 sense of face saving
Sense 1
face saver, face saving
=> accomplishment, achievement
Antonyms of noun face-saving
Member Holonyms of noun face-saving
Substance Holonyms of noun face-saving
Part Holonyms of noun face-saving
Member Meronyms of noun face-saving
Substance Meronyms of noun face-saving
Part Meronyms of noun face-saving
Meronyms of noun face-saving
Holonyms of noun face-saving
Attributes of noun face-saving
Derived Forms of noun face-saving
Domain of noun face-saving
Domain Terms of noun face-saving
Familiarity of noun face-saving
face saving used as a noun is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun face-saving
1 sense of face saving
Sense 1
face saver, face saving
> accomplishment, achievement
=> beachhead, foothold
=> cakewalk
=> deed, feat, effort, exploit
=> masterpiece
=> masterstroke
=> credit
=> performance
=> record, track record
=> fait accompli, accomplished fact
=> going, sledding
=> arrival, reaching
=> close call, close shave, squeak, squeaker, narrow escape
=> attainment
=> liberation, release, freeing
=> base on balls, walk, pass
=> haymaking
=> face saver, face saving
=> recruitment, enlisting
=> smooth
Meronyms of noun face-saving
1 sense of face saving
Holonyms of noun face-saving
Antonyms of adj face-saving
1 sense of face-saving
Sense 1
face-saving
INDIRECT (VIA helpful) -> unhelpful
Similarity of adj face-saving
1 sense of face-saving
Sense 1
face-saving
=> helpful (vs. unhelpful)
Pertainyms of adj face-saving
Attributes of adj face-saving
Domain of adj face-saving
Domain Terms of adj face-saving
Familiarity of adj face-saving
face-saving used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Grep of adj face-saving
face-saving
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