The hunger for facile wisdom is the root of all false philosophy.
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Facile
//ˈfæs.aɪl//
Synonyms for "facile" (114 found)
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Closest matches (23)
Strong matches (34)
Related words (57)
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1 entriesRelated terms
7 entriesderived
6 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
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8 entriesTranslations
19 translations across 10 languages.
Bashkir
1 entries- еңел adj (Easy, taking minimal effort)
Bulgarian
4 entries- гъвкав adj (Amiable, flexible, easy to get along with)
- лесен adj (Easy, taking minimal effort)
- лесно постижим adj (Easy, taking minimal effort)
- податлив adj (Amiable, flexible, easy to get along with)
Czech
4 entries- lehký adj (Easy, taking minimal effort)
- plytký adj (superficial)
- povrchní adj (superficial)
- snadný adj (Easy, taking minimal effort)
French
1 entries- facile adj (Easy, taking minimal effort)
German
2 entries- leicht adj (Easy, taking minimal effort)
- mühelos adj (Easy, taking minimal effort)
Italian
1 entries- facile adj (Easy, taking minimal effort)
Ottoman Turkish
3 entries- بسیط adj (Easy, taking minimal effort)
- قولای adj (Easy, taking minimal effort)
- یسیر adj (Easy, taking minimal effort)
Portuguese
1 entries- simplório adj (Easy, taking minimal effort)
Romanian
1 entries- facil adj (Easy, taking minimal effort)
Swedish
1 entries- enkel adj (Easy, taking minimal effort)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
It's not that your criticism is too controversial, but that it's facile.
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The poem is facile.
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The plot is facile.
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