facile
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
arrived at without due care or effort; lacking depth
too facile a solution for so complex a problem
Related & opposite
- superficial similar to
Sense 2 adjective
performing adroitly and without effort
a facile hand
Related & opposite
- quickness derivation
- effortless similar to
Sense 3 adjective
expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively
able to dazzle with his facile tongue
Related & opposite
- volubility derivation
- facility derivation
- fluency derivation
- fluency derivation
- elocute derivation
- articulate similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | superficial |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | quickness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | effortless |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | volubility |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | facility |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | fluency |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | fluency |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | elocute |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | articulate |