Glib — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

marked by lack of intellectual depth

having only superficial plausibility

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɡjˈuːlz/

🇬🇧British English

/ɡlˈɪb/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɡlˈɪb/

1 syllable Say it as /ɡjˈuːlz/.

Examples

glib generalizations
a glib response to a complex question
glib promises

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

smooth-tongued pat slick glib-tongued

Parts of Speech

adjective	marked by lack of intellectual depth “glib generalizations”
adjective	having only superficial plausibility “glib promises”
adjective	artfully persuasive in speech “a glib tongue”

Word Forms

glibness	noun	a kind of fluent easy superficiality
slickness	noun	a kind of fluent easy superficiality

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

glatt

gekennzeichnet durch mangelnde intellektuelle Tiefe

🇫🇷French

désinvolte

marqué par un manque de profondeur intellectuelle

🇪🇸Spanish

fácil

marcado por la falta de profundidad intelectual

🇮🇹Italian

disinvolto

segnato dalla mancanza di spessore intellettuale

🇳🇱Dutch

vlot

gekenmerkt door een gebrek aan intellectuele diepgang

🇵🇹Portuguese

simplista

marcado pela falta de profundidade intelectual

🇷🇺Russian

бойкий

отмечен отсутствием интеллектуальной глубины

India

🇮🇳Hindi

फिसलनदार

बौद्धिक गहराई की कमी से चिह्नित

🇧🇩Bengali

ঝলক

বৌদ্ধিক গভীরতার অভাব দ্বারা চিহ্নিত

🇮🇳Marathi

झगमगाट

बौद्धिक खोलीच्या अभावाने चिन्हांकित

🇮🇳Gujarati

ઝાંખપ

બૌદ્ધિક ઊંડાઈના અભાવ દ્વારા ચિહ્નિત થયેલ છે

🇵🇰Urdu

چمک

فکری گہرائی کی کمی سے نشان زد

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

油嘴滑舌

缺乏知识深度

🇯🇵Japanese

口先だけの

知的深みの欠如が特徴

🇰🇷Korean

말 잘하는

지적 깊이가 부족하다는 특징이 있음

🇻🇳Vietnamese

trơn

được đánh dấu bằng sự thiếu chiều sâu trí tuệ

🇹🇭Thai

กะล่อน

ขาดความลึกซึ้งทางปัญญา

🇮🇩Indonesian

fasih

ditandai dengan kurangnya kedalaman intelektual

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

عفويا

يتسم بنقص العمق الفكري

🇮🇷Persian

گلیب

با فقدان عمق فکری مشخص شده است

🇹🇷Turkish

akıcı

entelektüel derinlik eksikliği ile işaretlenmiş

🇮🇱Hebrew

גליב

מסומן בחוסר עומק אינטלקטואלי

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