facile[adjective]Synonyms: superficial, cursory, glib, hasty, shallow, slick
Antonyms: arduous
Contrasted words: awkward, clumsy, constrained, cumbersome, labored, maladroit, tongue-tied, deep, profound, thorough
Related Words: adroit,
deft,
dexterous,
fluent,
glib,
voluble,
cursory,
shallow,
superficial,
uncritical [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
fa‧cile /ˈfæsaɪl $ ˈfæs
əl/
adjective[
Date: 1400-1500;
Language: French;
Origin: Latin facilis 'easy to do', from facere 'to do, make']
1. a facile remark, argument etc is too simple and shows a lack of careful thought or understanding:
facile generalizations2. [only before noun] formal a facile achievement or success has been obtained too easily and has no value:
a facile victory—facilely adverb—facileness noun [uncountable] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲