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Adjectives (5)
shallow
adj. lacking intellectual depth: "glib generalizations"; "shallow people"
glib-tongued, smooth-tongued
adj. artfully persuasive in speech; "a glib tongue"; "a smooth-tongued hypocrite"
pat, slick
adj. having only superficial plausibility; "glib promises"; "a slick commercial"
Fuzzynyms (32)
careless
adj. marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness; not careful; "careless about her clothes"; "forgotten by some careless person"; "a careless housekeeper"; "careless proofreading"; "it was a careless mistake"; "hurt by a careless remark"
frivolous
adj. not serious in content or attitude or behavior; "a frivolous novel"; "a frivolous remark"; "a frivolous young woman"
flippant, light-minded
adj. showing inappropriate levity
light
adj. of comparatively little physical weight or density; "a light load"; "magnesium is a light metal--having a specific gravity of 1.74 at 20 degrees C"
voluble
adj. marked by a ready flow of speech; "she is an extremely voluble young woman who engages in soliloquies not conversations"
trivial
adj. concerned with trivialities; "a trivial young woman"; "a trivial mind"
casual, insouciant, nonchalant
adj. marked by blithe unconcern; "an ability to interest casual students"; "showed a casual disregard for cold weather"; "an utterly insouciant financial policy"; "an elegantly insouciant manner"; "drove his car with nonchalant abandon"; "was polite in a teasing nonchalant manner"
silly, dizzy, airheaded, empty-headed, featherbrained, giddy, lightheaded, light-headed
adj. lacking seriousness; given to frivolity; "a dizzy blonde"; "light-headed teenagers"; "silly giggles"
nitwitted, senseless, soft-witted, witless
adj. (of especially persons) lacking sense or understanding or judgment
flattering
adj. showing or representing to advantage; "a flattering color"
insincere, hypocritical
adj. lacking sincerity; "a charming but thoroughly insincere woman"; "their praise was extravagant and insincere"
satin, slick, sleek, glossy, satiny, silken, silky
adj. having a smooth, gleaming surface; "glossy auburn hair"; "satiny gardenia petals"; "sleek black fur"; "silken eyelashes"; "silky skin"; "a silklike fabric"; "slick seals and otters"
Synonyms (18)
seeming, ostensible, apparent
adj. appearing as such but not necessarily so; "for all his apparent wealth he had no money to pay the rent"; "the committee investigated some apparent discrepancies"; "the ostensible truth of their theories"; "his seeming honesty"
looking, appearing
adj. appearing to be as specified; usually used as combining forms; "left their clothes dirty looking"; "a most disagreeable looking character"; "angry-looking"; "liquid-looking"; "severe-looking policemen on noble horses"; "fine-sounding phrases"; "taken in by high-sounding talk"
dilettante, dilettantish
adj. showing frivolous or superficial interest; amateurish; "his dilettantish efforts at painting"
facile
adj. arrived at without due care or effort; lacking depth; "too facile a solution for so complex a problem"
summary, potted
adj. (British informal) summarized or abridged; "a potted version of a novel"
slight, sketchy
adj. almost no or (with `a') at least some; very little; "there's slight chance that it will work"; "there's a slight chance it will work"
surface, skin-deep
adj. involving a surface only; "her beauty is only skin-deep"; "superficial bruising"; "a surface wound"
compelling
adj. tending to persuade by forcefulness of argument; "new and compelling evidence"
coaxing, ingratiatory
adj. pleasingly persuasive or intended to persuade; "a coaxing and obsequious voice"; "her manner is quiet and ingratiatory and a little too agreeable"
arguable
adj. capable of being supported by argument
Antonyms (13)
deep, profound
adj. showing intellectual penetration or emotional depths; from the depths of your being; "the differences are profound"; "a profound insight"; "a profound book"; "a profound mind"; "profound contempt"; "profound regret"
extreme, deep, severe, horrible, terrible, profound, such
adj. intense or extreme in degree or quality: "intense anxiety,"; "extreme cold"; "deep trouble"; "horrible weather"; "profound regret"; "severe pain"; "such grief"; "a terrible cough"
halt, lame, crippled, halting
adj. disabled in the feet or legs; "a crippled soldier"; "a game leg"
glib
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