facile synonyms

facile

modif.

  1. Easy

    simple, effortless, obvious, apparent; see easy 2.

  2. Skillful

    skilled, practiced, accomplished; see able 1, 2, fluent 2.

  3. Superficial

    glib, simplistic, insincere; see fluent 2, superficial. See syn. study at easy.

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