Facile

/ˈfæs.aɪl/

Synonyms for "facile" (128 found)

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Closest matches (26)

adaptable adroit apt artful bendable bending biddable bright casual clear clever compliant cursory cushy deft dexterous dib docile ductile easy

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easy as pieeducable effortless

Adjective(2 words)

breeziest easy

Noun(1 words)

cakewalk

Strong matches (38)

Adjective(8 words)

effortless elementary eloquent fluent glibglib remarkglibber glibbest

elastic elegant extensible extensile fabricable fictile flashy flexible flexile flexuous flowing fluent formable formative giving glib graceful impressible impressionable instructable

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intelligent lightlike puttylimber lissome lithe lithesome malleable

Adjective(1 words)

friendly

Noun(1 words)

gimcrack

Related words (64)

mickey mousemobile moldable motivatednothing to itpainless plain plastic pleasing pliable pliant quick ready receptive responsiveripe for instructionroyal schoolable sensitive sequacious

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shallow shapable simplesimple as abcsmooth soft springy straightforward submissive superficial supple susceptible teachablethirsty for knowledgetractable tractile trainable tripping unburdensome uncomplicated uncritical untroublesome versatile voluble whippy willing willowy yielding

Adjective(12 words)

neat shallow silver silver-tongued simplesimple vocabularysimplisticsimplistic argumentslick smooth-spoken superficialtrivial question

Noun(2 words)

oversimplifying snap

Verb(1 words)

pandered

Adjective(1 words)

skilled

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

2 entries

adjective descriptor

More specific

4 entries

easy taskglib argumentshallow explanationsimple solution

Collocations

6 entries

facile argumentfacile conclusionfacile explanationfacile generalizationfacile rhetoricfacile solution

Inflections

2 entries

more facilemost facile

Derivations

6 entries

facilely facilitate facilitation facilitative facilitator facility

similar

3 entries

articulate effortless superficial

Sample sentences

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The hunger for facile wisdom is the root of all false philosophy.

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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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