Synonyms for cursory
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Brief — hasty or superficial
brief, hasty, quick, rapid, summary, fleeting, immediate, swift, hurried, expeditious, speedy, feverish, fast, prompt, precipitant
2. Careless — careless or desultory
careless, rough, desultory, slapdash, negligent, heedless, regardless, reckless, unmethodical, slipshod, remiss, mindless, thoughtless, indifferent, unmindful
3. Perfunctory
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Hasty or superficial.
Most junk mail requires only a cursory glance.
- adj. 2
Careless or desultory.
The cursory inspection missed several irregularities.
- adj. 3
Running about; not stationary.
Example sentences
- brief It was a long letter, but in brief, he said, "No."
- summary I'm not expecting details; just a summary is fine.
- fleeting At the age of 84, I dreamed about a fleeting love.
- hasty Don't draw a hasty conclusion from what you see now.
- desultory Most of the others also lit their pipes and a desultory conversation ensued.
- slapdash They did a slapdash job because they had so little time.
By length
- 4 letters
- fast1
- 5 letters
- quick1, brief1, rough1, rapid2, swift1, hasty2
- 6 letters
- mobile2, casual3, slight1, prompt1, speedy2, remiss2
- 7 letters
- passing2, summary3, dynamic3, hurried2
- 8 letters
- reckless2, careless2, fleeting2, mindless2, feverish3, heedless, slapdash2, slipshod2
- 9 letters
- immediate4, negligent3, desultory4, unmindful
- 10 letters
- regardless3
- 11 letters
- superficial4, indifferent3, thoughtless2, perfunctory4, expeditious4, precipitant
- 12 letters
- unmethodical
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (rapid2 = 2 syllables).