facial

/ˈfeɪʃəl/

/ˈfeɪʃəl/

Other forms: facials

When you describe something as facial, it has to do with the face. Your facial expression is the smile — or frown — that you happen to be wearing on your face.

Your facial features are made up of your eyes, nose, mouth, cheeks — everything that together comprises your whole face. When you use the word facial as a noun, it means a spa treatment that usually includes a deep cleaning and moisturizing of the face. You might decide to get a massage and a facial at the fancy resort hotel where you're spending a relaxing week. The Medieval Latin root is facialis, "of the face," from facies, "figure, appearance, or countenance."

Definitions of facial

1. adjective

   of or concerning the face
   “a facial massage”

   “facial hair”

   “facial expression”
2. noun

   care for the face that usually involves cleansing and massage and the application of cosmetic creams
   type of:

   beauty treatment

   enhancement of someone's personal beauty

   skin care, skincare

   care for the skin
3. noun

   cranial nerve that supplies facial muscles
   synonyms: facial nerve, nervus facialis, seventh cranial nerve

   type of:

   cranial nerve

   any of the 12 paired nerves that originate in the brain stem
4. adjective

   of or pertaining to the outside surface of an object