Synonyms for facile
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Glib — easy; contemptibly easy
easy, glib, simple, superficial, eloquent, apt, pliant, flexible, dexterous, dextrous UK, tractable, slick, docile, fluent, neat, ready, smooth-spoken, compliant, silver-tongued informal, silver, articulate, manageable
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Easy; contemptibly easy.
- adj. 2
Effortless, fluent (of work, abilities etc.).
Her writing was facile and articulate.
Related words
- Word family
- facilitate facility
Example sentences
- apt She is apt to look only at the surface of things.
- superficial He has only a superficial knowledge of the matter.
- eloquent Cicero was the most eloquent of the Roman orators.
- glib He may seem glib, but he knows what he's talking about.
- pliable Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are pliable.
- effortless Tom admires Mary’s effortless elegance.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| facile | steady | |
| apt | falling | |
| superficial | steady | |
| eloquent | steady | |
| glib | steady | |
| pliable | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- apt1
- 4 letters
- easy2, soft1, neat1, glib1
- 5 letters
- ready2, slick1
- 6 letters
- simple2, silver2, fluent2, docile2, supple2, pliant2
- 7 letters
- pliable3, ductile2
- 8 letters
- flexible3, yielding2, eloquent3, dextrous2, tractile
- 9 letters
- compliant3, malleable4, dexterous, tractable3
- 10 letters
- articulate4, manageable4, effortless3
- 11 letters
- superficial4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (easy2 = 2 syllables).