Word "SMILE" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
Synonyms:
grin, grinning, smiling

Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure

Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
express with a smile
Examples:
She smiled her thanks

Crossword Clues for SMILE

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Clue Source Date
Show happiness Universal 19 Jan 2026
Photographer's request?
Instruction before a photo is taken, say The Telegraph Plusword 31 Dec 2025
Upside-down frown New York Times 30 Dec 2025
Katy Perry album with the single "Cry About It Later" LA Times Daily 20 Dec 2025
Beam Eugene Sheffer 13 Dec 2025
Happy look Newsday 01 Dec 2025
Cheese product? Wall Street Journal 29 Nov 2025
Look happy Newsday 25 Nov 2025
"___! You're on camera" (security warning) USA Today 19 Nov 2025
"Cheese" product? Universal 26 Oct 2025
Photographer's request that is portrayed by this emoticon :)
"Turn that frown upside down!" New York Times 12 Oct 2025
"Say cheese!" action
Photographer's request
- and Other Stories, 1987 short story collection by Deborah Moggach (5) Mirror Quiz 21 Aug 2025
"Say cheese!" LA Times Daily 05 Aug 2025
Make Me ___ (Come Up and See Me), 1975 No 1 hit by Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel (5)
Look happy with crushed limes (5) Puzzler Cryptic 20 Jul 2025
Look pleased at getting out of the slime (5)
Happy facial expression The Times Concise 07 Jul 2025
Created during 80 recording sessions in 1966, Brian Wilson blocked the release of which Beach Boys album, since regarded as the most legendary unreleased album in popular music history? (5)
"Say cheese!" action
Grin USA Today 19 Jun 2025
Photographer's request LA Times Daily 16 Jun 2025
Happy look Monsieur perhaps lies about (5)
Emil's unsettled expression of pleasure (5)
Look pleased Newsday 28 May 2025
Beam is part of retro carousel, I'm sure
Something said before a click New York Times 16 May 2025
Grin Mirror Tea Time 06 May 2025
"Say cheese!" USA Today 05 May 2025
Mona Lisa -, film starring Julia Roberts and Kirsten Dunst (5)
We timelessly set out to look contented (5,7)
Happy or friendly facial expression (5)
Mona Lisa feature Thomas Joseph 16 Apr 2025
Mona Lisa's expression
Cry before a shot New York Times 22 Mar 2025
Exotic limes produce a look of pleasure (5) Puzzler Cryptic 12 Mar 2025
Beam Thomas Joseph 08 Mar 2025
Show merriment in lips' elevation, initially The Telegraph Cryptic 27 Feb 2025
Happy look Newsday 26 Feb 2025
Show amusement when miles out (5)
"Die with a ___," song by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars that is nominated for 2 Grammys
Grin Mirror Tea Time 17 Feb 2025
Cheese product? Wall Street Journal 08 Feb 2025
Happy face feature LA Times Mini 07 Feb 2025
Look happy when getting fresh limes
Emoticon parenthesis, often Wall Street Journal 01 Feb 2025
Look happy Newsday 29 Jan 2025
Photographer's request that is portrayed by this emoticon :)
Appear happy with second distance (5)
Famously unfinished Beach Boys album The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 24 Jan 2025
Photographer's request
Say cheese!(5)
Mona Lisa's feature
Upside-down frown LA Times Daily 04 Jan 2025
Facial expression Mirror Classic 22 Dec 2024
Song co-written by Charlie Chaplin based on an instrumental theme used in the 1936 film Modern Times (5)
Look amused for miles!
Grin or beam Commuter 13 Dec 2024
What you should do though your heart is aching, according to Charlie Chaplin
"Climbing trees," I put in, "are happy" (5)
Look favourably on military occupation of the southeast (5)
Christmas photo action
Beam Thomas Joseph 30 Nov 2024
Show happiness toward pulped limes (5)
Parenthesis, in an emoticon LA Times Daily 20 Nov 2024
Show delight LA Times Mini 07 Nov 2024
), in an emoticon Universal 04 Nov 2024
(6/6) Once your spooky pumpkin is ready, do remember me! May the spirits ___ :) on your carved pumpkin!
Express delight Commuter 26 Oct 2024
J. Cole's "Crooked ___"
Seem satisfied Emil's upset (5)
A narrow beam, perhaps? (5)
😊 or 😁 expression
Pleased expression Thomas Joseph 25 Sep 2024
Beam with pleasure
What's fake in a 2019 Ariana Grande song title
Photographer's request, often
Grin Commuter 13 Sep 2024
What the parenthesis represents in
Photographer's request?
Photographer's demand
Photographer's directive USA Today 04 Sep 2024
Grin and head south for eight furlongs (5)
"Say cheese!" action
Flash the pearly whites USA Today 27 Aug 2024
:) USA Today 20 Aug 2024
Facial expression Mirror Classic 12 Aug 2024
Grin beam The Times Concise 01 Aug 2024
Miles away from beam (5)
Look happy Newsday 17 Jul 2024
I'm with the French when it comes to showing amusement (5)
Face's happy expression The Sun Mini 15 Jul 2024
Say "cheese" for the 48-Across New York Times 08 Jul 2024
Laughing expression
Scout leader getting long way with pleasant look
Dimple maker LA Times Daily 14 Jun 2024
Seem pleased to be the subject of a graphic exposure? (5)
Lily Allen hit single (5)
In tourism, I learnt to say 'cheese' (5)
Happy face LA Times Daily 29 May 2024
Julia Roberts film from 2004, Mona Lisa ___-- (5)
Photo taker's request
Facial expression of amusement or happiness; (5)
Song composed by Charlie Chaplin, recorded for the first time with lyrics by Nat King Cole in 1954 (5)
Make this face :-) USA Today 05 May 2024
Look favourably upon second third of a league (5)
Grin or chortle
Warm expression
Melissa losing sex appeal developing broad grin (5)
...grin and stay mum in laborious exigencies primarily (5)
Grin Mirror Tea Time 18 Apr 2024
"Say cheese!" USA Today 17 Apr 2024
Look happy LA Times Daily 10 Apr 2024
Grin Commuter 08 Apr 2024
Look happy beginning to start race (5)
Show teeth, perhaps, first one extracted in a figure of speech The Guardian Cryptic 04 Apr 2024
Show teeth, perhaps, first one extracted in a figure of speech (5)
"Mona Lisa ___"; movie for Julia Roberts
Show a happy face
Mona Lisa _, film starring Julia Roberts and Kirsten Dunst (5)
Indicator of amusement I extracted from comparison (5)
Bare one's teeth nicely (5)
"Say cheese!" LA Times Daily 19 Mar 2024
Perhaps Monsieur lies about his happy look (5)
Grin Universal 11 Mar 2024
"Mona Lisa ___"; Julia Roberts film
Grin Mirror Quick 07 Mar 2024
Expression of small distance Mirror Cryptic 07 Mar 2024
Katy Perry song
"When you call me that, ...," said The Virginian, played by Gary Cooper in the 1929 movie
Photographer's request that is portrayed by this emoticon :)
Grin Family Time 22 Jan 2024
Facial expression Mirror Classic 22 Jan 2024
Photographer's request
Miles can give a wry one
Friendly expression goes ultimately a long way (5)
"Say cheese!" action
2022 horror movie about a creepy facial expression
Christmas photo action
Facial expression of happiness
Happy expression Commuter 30 Nov 2023
The ")" in :-) Universal 21 Nov 2023
Like a "frown" upside down
Beam Eugene Sheffer 21 Oct 2023
Show satisfaction Newsday 01 Oct 2023
What you do just for grins? New York Times 21 Sep 2023
Photographer's request, often
Mona Lisa's mysterious feature
Expression on some frozen food, perhaps
"Say cheese!" Universal 05 Jun 2023
Photographer's request before a pic, perhaps
Grin LA Times Daily 29 May 2023
Look happy Newsday 08 May 2023
Turn that frown upside down?
Look happy Newsday 12 Apr 2023
Mona Lisa feature Thomas Joseph 08 Apr 2023
Many an emoticon New York Times 18 Mar 2023
Happy expression Universal 14 Mar 2023
Amused expression Thomas Joseph 13 Mar 2023
Put on a happy face Wall Street Journal 30 Jan 2023
Look happy Newsday 09 Jan 2023
Beam Eugene Sheffer 21 Dec 2022
Grin USA Today 15 Dec 2022
Happy face feature USA Today 07 Dec 2022
Mona Lisa feature Thomas Joseph 05 Dec 2022
Face brightener?
"Say cheese!" LA Times Daily 02 Nov 2022
Grin USA Today 31 Oct 2022
Cheese product? Wall Street Journal 27 Oct 2022
Look happy Newsday 10 Oct 2022
"Happy" facial curve
Grin USA Today 16 Sep 2022
Photographer's request, often
One might be cracked New York Times 08 Sep 2022
Photographer's request Universal 26 Aug 2022
'Say kimchi!' USA Today 24 Aug 2022
What the ')' in :-) represents USA Today 18 Aug 2022
Graphic novel by Raina Telgemeier about a girl with braces LA Times Daily 26 Jun 2022
''Say cheese!'' Newsday 17 May 2022
Photographer's directive Universal 19 Apr 2022
*Four laps on a track, say Universal 25 Mar 2022
Show off one's canines? The Washington Post Sunday 20 Mar 2022
Mona Lisa feature Thomas Joseph 28 Feb 2022
"Say Cheese!"
Look happy The Guardian Quick 15 Feb 2022
Grin USA Today 31 Jan 2022
Directive before “You’re on ‘Candid Camera'” New York Times 05 Jan 2022
Photographer's request
Expression in a dentist's ad Universal 02 Nov 2021
Photographer's request
Original band formed by Brian May and Roger Taylor before Freddie Mercury joined
Cheese alternative? LA Times Daily 26 Sep 2021
Cheese alternative? The Washington Post 26 Sep 2021
Old soldier, last promoted to lead 20's a slight one?
Welcoming expression The Washington Post 21 Aug 2021
Welcoming expression LA Times Daily 21 Aug 2021
Photographer's directive LA Times Daily 03 Aug 2021
Photographer's directive The Washington Post 03 Aug 2021
Winning look Wall Street Journal 24 Jul 2021
Happy look Newsday 20 Jul 2021
Photographer's request
"Say cheese" action
Upside-down frown USA Today 19 Apr 2021
Photographer's request?
Welcoming expression Universal 24 Feb 2021
Cheese accompaniment? Wall Street Journal 13 Feb 2021
Display that you're happy Family Time 25 Jan 2021
Alfred E. Neuman feature LA Times Daily 23 Jan 2021
Alfred E. Neuman feature The Washington Post 23 Jan 2021
Photographer's prompt Universal 16 Jan 2021
The ")" in :-) Universal 15 Jan 2021
"Say Cheese!" action
Unexpected mug shot feature The Washington Post 03 Jan 2021
Unexpected mug shot feature LA Times Daily 03 Jan 2021
Obey the photographer, perhaps Universal 27 Dec 2020
), in an emoticon Newsday 16 Dec 2020
Look happy The Times Concise 30 Nov 2020
), when it follows :- New York Times 22 Nov 2020
Photographer's request?
A good thing for a selfie Family Time 12 Oct 2020
"Say cheese!" action
Beam Eugene Sheffer 15 Jul 2020
Photographer's instruction USA Today 26 May 2020
Photographer’s request Wall Street Journal 05 May 2020
Say cheese
"Say cheese!" action
Mona Lisa feature Thomas Joseph 13 Apr 2020
Beam: at first surveyor measures its length exactly
Cheese product? Wall Street Journal 05 Mar 2020
Grin The Telegraph Quick 23 Feb 2020
Raina Telgemeier graphic novel about a girl with braces The Washington Post 03 Oct 2019
Raina Telgemeier graphic novel about a girl with braces LA Times Daily 03 Oct 2019
Happy expression Universal 12 Sep 2019
Show joy on one's face Newsday 08 Jul 2019
Put on a happy face Wall Street Journal 22 Jun 2019
Grin Family Time 03 Jun 2019
Selfie expression Newsday 02 Jun 2019
Optimist's urging Newsday 18 May 2019
Flash one's pearly whites USA Today 10 May 2019
Request before a shot LA Times Daily 07 Apr 2019
Request before a shot The Washington Post 07 Apr 2019
Expression shared by the answers to starred clues LA Times Daily 26 Feb 2019
Expression shared by the answers to starred clues The Washington Post 26 Feb 2019
An upside down frown?
Happy expression
Request before a shot
Raina Telgemeier graphic novel about a girl with braces
Expression shared by the answers to starred clues
Shutterbug's request
Flash one's pearly whites
Put on a happy face
Facial expression of pleasure Irish Times Simplex 14 Nov 2018
Shutterbug's request USA Today 03 Nov 2018
Call before a snap The Washington Post Sunday 21 Oct 2018
Parenthesis, in many emoticons USA Today 13 Oct 2018
''Say cheese!'' Newsday 16 Jul 2018
'Say cheese!' New York Times 03 Jun 2018
Word to a poser USA Today 30 Apr 2018
Grin Universal 28 Apr 2018
Turn that frown upside down, say
Prepare to be photographed Wall Street Journal 02 Apr 2018
Wear a grin Newsday 05 Mar 2018
'Say cheese!' The Washington Post 27 Feb 2018
"Say cheese!" LA Times Daily 27 Feb 2018
Please a photographer Universal 18 Feb 2018
Photographer's command Universal 29 Jan 2018
"Say cheese!"
Grin
Prepare to be photographed
"Say cheese!"
Parenthesis, in many emoticons
Photographer's command
Please a photographer
Word to a poser
'We shall never know all the good that a simple ___ can do': Mother Teresa New York Times 20 Dec 2017
'You're about to be photographed!' New York Times 08 Dec 2017
Facial expression showing pleasure Irish Times Simplex 05 Dec 2017
Happy expression LA Times Daily 30 Oct 2017
Happy expression The Washington Post 30 Oct 2017
Grin one brought out in figure of speech
"Cheese!" consequence LA Times Daily 20 Aug 2017
'Cheese!' consequence The Washington Post 20 Aug 2017
Say "cheese," say
Show satisfaction, in a way Universal 23 May 2017
Turn that frown upside down
Happy expression
"Cheese!" consequence
"We shall never know all the good that a simple ___ can do": Mother Teresa
"You're about to be photographed!"
Show satisfaction, in a way
Request to a poser The Washington Post 10 Dec 2016
Photographer's request USA Today 07 Sep 2016
Amused look Newsday 14 Aug 2016
Look amused Newsday 09 Aug 2016
Cheesy expression? The Washington Post 06 Aug 2016
Sign of friendliness Universal 06 Jul 2016
Mona Lisa's enigmatic expression The Washington Post 12 May 2016
Jerry Lewis's TV theme song Wall Street Journal 16 Apr 2016
Expression in a toothpaste ad New York Times 20 Mar 2016
Expression of happiness USA Today 04 Feb 2016
Obey the photographer USA Today 19 Jan 2016
Be visibly delighted Newsday 10 Jan 2016
Expression of happiness
Obey the photographer
Photographer's request
Sign of friendliness
Pleasant facial feature USA Today 06 Nov 2015
Dimple creator Newsday 10 Sep 2015
Show satisfaction Newsday 06 Sep 2015
Photographer's request Thomas Joseph 27 Jul 2015
Photographer's request Universal 19 Jun 2015
Beam Thomas Joseph 26 May 2015
Look happy Newsday 29 Apr 2015
Command before a click LA Times Daily 04 Apr 2015
Pleased expression The Times Concise 03 Apr 2015
Obey the photographer Universal 25 Mar 2015
Happy look Newsday 25 Mar 2015
"Look happy!" USA Today 16 Feb 2015
Flash the pearly whites Universal 05 Feb 2015
Expression of amusement Universal 07 Jan 2015
Parenthesis, in many emoticons
Dimple creator
Say cheese
Command before a click
Photographer's request
Obey the photographer
Pleasant facial feature
"Look happy!"
Show satisfaction
Look happy
Flash the pearly whites
Happy look
Expression of amusement
Command before a click
I'll cut trees back to make a beam
Photog's request
Wear a grin
Expressions of happiness
Prepare to be shot?
Photographer's request
Prepare to be shot?
Request at a sitting
Say cheese
Put on a happy face
Dimple maker
"Candid Camera" request
Canine show?
Request before a snap
Request before a snap
"Candid Camera" request
What David Lee Roth will do after he eats 'em?
"Peace begins with a ___": Mother Teresa
Flip a frown
Prepare for a selfie
Facial arc
Say "cheese"
Look amused
David Lee Roth "Eat 'Em and ___"
Photographer's request
Prepare to be shot
Photographer's command
Prepare to be shot
Bless, with "upon"
What "cheese" produces
Brian Wilson's '04 album, finally
"Mona Lisa" feature
Upside-down frown
Cry before someone snaps?
Expression of amusement
Photographer's command
Wear a grin
Bless, with "on"
Prepare to be snapped
Something that goes with "cheese"
Enigmatic feature of this puzzle's subject
Show your pearly whites
Look happy
Photographer's command
The parenthesis in :-)
"Let a ____ Be Your Umbrella"
"Mona Lisa" feature
Cry before someone snaps
"___, you're on 'Candid Camera!'"
Upside-down frown
Shooter's request
Funt's "Candid Camera" directive
Prepare to be shot
Upside-down frown
Look happy
"Candid Camera" request
), in an emoticon
Photographer's request
Show approval, in a way
Something to crack
The parenthesis in :-)
Photographer's word, often
Frown, flipped
One way to show pleasure
Request from Allen Funt
"Say cheese!"
The parenthesis in :-)
Say "cheese," say
Dimple creator
"Cheesy" look?
React to "cheese"
Shutterbug's request
Request from a photog
Wear a grin
Word said before someone snaps
Canine show?
Show one's pearly whites
"Let a ___ be Your Umbrella"
Show one's pearly whites
One may be radiant
Grin
Express happiness
One may be wry
Beam
Grin
"Good Vibrations" album
Photographer's request
Beam
Mug for the camera
Look content
One may be sly
One may be wry
Sign of pleasure
Beam
Mug for the camera
One may be radiant
One may be sly
Sign of pleasure
Word from Funt
Photog's request
Upturned mug?
Uncompleted Beach Boys album
Beam
Measure of pleasure
You might crack one while playing
"Say cheese!"
"Candid Camera" request
Upside-down frown
Amused look
Grin
Upturned mug?
Shutterbug's request
Amused look
Grin
Happy look
"Cheese!" alternative
Dimple maker
Model's asset
React to a camera
Word from Funt
React to a camera
Model's asset
"I'll Never __ Again"
Show pleasure
Shooter's request
Enigmatic feature of Mona Lisa
"Candid Camera" instruction
Dimple creator
Sign of contentment
Umbrella metaphor in an old song
Toothpaste ad feature
Your umbrella, perhaps
It may be flashed
Your umbrella, perhaps?
Dimple creator
Umbrella metaphor in an old song
Shutterbug's request
Show contentment
Prepare for a shot
Beam
Prepare to get shot?
Happy face feature
Pre-snap request
Let it be your umbrella
React to "cheese"
"Candid Camera" request
Bozo's perpetual expression
Beam
Canine show?
"Candid Camera" request
Pre-snap request
Beam
Use one's zygomatic muscles
Sign of satisfaction
Shutterbug's command
Grin
Let it be your umbrella
Say "Cheese"
Part of a pose, maybe
"Cheese" accompaniment
Part of a pose, maybe
"Cheer up!"
Pre-shot order
:-)
It's uttered before the flash
Request before a shot
Put on a happy face
Cheshire cat's feature
"Say cheese!"
Something to crack
Word before a snap
Word from Funt
Grin
"Cheesy" look?
Happy face feature
Photographer's request
Shutterbug's request
Request before a click
Photographer's word
Result of saying cheese
Beam
Show one's teeth
It's heard just before a click
Show delight
Word from Funt
Flash the pearly whites
"Say cheese!"
Say cheese!
Victory lane look
Welcome sign
Photographer.s request
Order on Candid Camera
Show one's pearly whites
Expressions of happiness
Put on a happy face
Mona Lisa attribute
Photographer's word, often
Look happy
Cheerful expression
Facial lighting
Shutterbug's request
Expression of amusement
Express favor
"Cheese" action
Show pleasure
"Say 'Cheese!' "
Put on a happy face
Obey the photographer
It's heard just before a click
Lips service?
"You're on Candid Camera" lead-in
Show one's pearly whites
"Look happy!"
"Get ready for the camera!"
Photog's request
Shutterbug's alert
Winner's look
Beam
Cheshire cat's visage
Dimple maker
Model's asset
Mona Lisa's ____
Allen Funt's request
Umbrella substitute?
Photographers's request
Say cheese
Have a pleasing appearance
Nat Cole classic
Charlie Chaplin song
Look favorably (upon)
Look amused
Canine show?
Shooter's request
Snap request?
One's umbrella?
Funt's directive
Face relaxer
Say "cheese"
What a dentist can prettify
Show your pearly whites
Umbrella in a song
Show friendship
"There is a ___ of love": Blake
Mona Lisa's "trademark"
Silent greeting
Umbrella substitute?
Be propitious
Picture-posing requirement
Funt command
Show joy
Chaplin song
It can be "your umbrella"
Coquette's standby
Suggestion to a grump
Substitute for an umbrella?
Advice to a sourpuss
Advice in a 1915 song
Suggestion in a pop song
Show pleasure
Look pleased
Mona Lisa look?
Snapshot expression
Express pleasure
Umbrella, in song
Umbrella of song
Picture-taker's word
Snapshot advice
Umbrella of a sort
Relative of "Say cheese"
Refrain of a once-popular war song.
"When you call me that ___."—Wister.
Grin.
Sunny expression.
Liberace asset.
Show pleasure.
Look cheerful.
Look with favor.
Photographer's word
Pleased look.
Mrs. Fezziwig of "A Christmas Carol" was "one vast substantial ___."
Photographer's word.
Friendly expression.
Look pleased.
A good look.
Burden of an old-time song.
Sign of happiness
Facial expression.
Have a pleasing appearance.
2004 Brian Wilson album
Mona Lisa characteristic.
Eye brightener.
Pleasant expression.
Look amused.
Beam.
Be propitious.
Photographer's request.
Bestow approval (on).
Look pleasant.
Bright, pleasant aspect.
Look pleasant, please.
Look with amusement.
Silent greeting.
A contagious expression.
Victor's expression.
Good advice in an old song.
Expression.
An asset for anyone.
Pleasant aspect.
Refrain of a World War I song.
One of Ike's assets.
One of Eisenhower's assets.
Refrain of "Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit-Bag."
Quality of a winning voice.
Look happy.
Friendly greeting.
Antidote for the blues.
Refrain of an old song beginning, "Pack up your troubles . . . "
A pleasant expression.
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