side whiskers

Facial hair strips

Side whiskers are facial hair grown on the cheeks while the chin remains clean-shaven.

The style was fashionable in the 19th century, associated with mutton chops and sideburns.

He cultivated impressive side whiskers in the Victorian manner.

grooming

trimming

Cutting away excess

scissors · comb · razor · shaving · styling · beard oil · pomade · maintenance · neatening · edging

masculine

distinguished

Notable and respected

refined · stately · debonair · patrician · scholarly · professorial · authoritative · mature · respectable

facialhair

muttonchops

Wide facial whiskers

chinstrap

vintage

Victorian

Of a prim era

old-fashioned · period · historical · bygone · classic · antique · retro · nostalgic · heritage · traditional

style

hipster

Aggressively alternative person

distinctive · unconventional · theatrical · flamboyant · eccentric · dandy · rakish · period costume · character actor · steampunk

Opposites
facial hair coverage/location

side whiskersfull beard

Complete facial hair growth

goatee · soul patch · mustache · Van Dyke

presence of facial hair

side whiskersclean-shaven

Having no beard

beardless · shaved

Family

side, whiskers, whisker, sideburns, whiskered, sideburn

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G