Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun jowl

2 senses of jowl

Sense 1
lower jaw, mandible, mandibula, mandibular bone, submaxilla, lower jawbone, jawbone, jowl -- (the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth)
       => jaw -- (the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth)
       => articulator -- (a movable speech organ)

Sense 2
jowl -- (a fullness and looseness of the flesh of the lower cheek and jaw (characteristic of aging))
       => feature, lineament -- (the characteristic parts of a person's face: eyes and nose and mouth and chin; "an expression of pleasure crossed his features"; "his lineaments were very regular")