| ADJECTIVE | all | superficial | concerned with or comprehending only what is apparent or obvious |
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| pert | superficial | of, affecting, or being on or near the surface | |
| all | superficial, trivial | of little substance or significance | |
| all | superficial | occurring on or near the surface of the skin | |
| all | superficial, casual, cursory, passing, perfunctory | hasty and without attention to detail |
| Sounds | suw.perfih'shahl | |
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| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | Concerned with or comprehending only what is apparent or obvious; not deep or penetrating emotionally or intellectually. | |
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| Narrower | apparent, ostensible, seeming | Appearing as such but not necessarily so |
| dilettante, dilettantish, dilettanteish, sciolistic | showing frivolous or superficial interest | |
| facile, neat, slick | arrived at without due care or effort | |
| glib | marked by lack of intellectual depth | |
| looking, sounding | Appearing to be as specified | |
| shallow | lacking depth of intellect or knowledge | |
| skin-deep | Penetrating no deeper than the skin | |
| See also | careless | marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness |
| frivolous | not serious in content or attitude or behavior | |
| outward | relating to physical reality rather than with thoughts or the mind | |
| Opposite | profound | showing intellectual penetration or emotional depth |
| Spanish | superficial | |
| Catalan | superficial | |
| Nouns | superficiality | lack of depth of knowledge or thought or feeling |
| Adverbs | superficially | in a superficial manner |
| Meaning | Of, affecting, or being on or near the surface. | |
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| Spanish | superficial | |
| Catalan | superficial | |
| Nouns | superficiality | shallowness in terms of affecting only surface layers of something |
| superficies | outer surface of an area / area or a body | |
| superficies | the purely external aspect of a thing | |
| surface | the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object | |
| Meaning | Of little substance or significance. | |
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| Example | "a few superficial editorial changes" | |
| Synonym | trivial | |
| Broader | insignificant, unimportant | devoid of importance, meaning, or force |
| Spanish | superficial, trivial | |
| Catalan | trivial | |
| Meaning | Occurring on or near the surface of the skin. | |
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| Broader | shallow | lacking physical depth |
| Meaning | hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough. | |
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| Synonyms | casual, cursory, passing, perfunctory | |
| Broader | careless | marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness |
| Spanish | somero, superficial | |
| Catalan | superficial | |
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