| Main Entry: | superficial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without depth, detail |
Synonyms: |
apparent, casual, cosmetic, cursory, depthless, desultory, empty, evident, exterior, external, flash, flimsy, frivolous, general, glib, half-baked, hasty, hurried, ignorant, inattentive, lightweight, nodding, on the surface, one-dimensional, ostensible, outward, partial, passing, perfunctory, peripheral, quick-fix, seeming, shallow, shoal, silly, sketchy, skin-deep, slapdash, slight, smattery, summary, surface, tip of the iceberg, trivial, uncritical, warped |
| Notes: | superficial means not deep or penetrating emotionally or intellectually or of little substance or significance, while superfluous means more than is wanted or is sufficient or rendered unnecessary by superabundance |
Antonyms: |
analytical, careful, deep, detailed, genuine, thorough |
| Main Entry: | affected |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | changed in a bad or artificial way |
Synonyms: |
apish, artificial, assumed, awkward, campy, chichi*, conceited, contrived, counterfeit, counterfeited, faked, false, feigned, fraud*, gone Hollywood, ham, hammy, high falutin', hollow, imitated, insincere, melodramatic, ostentatious, overdone, pedantic, phony, playacting, pompous, precious, pretended, pretentious, put-on, schmaltzy, self-conscious, shallow, sham*, simulated, spurious, stiff, stilted, studied, superficial, theatrical, unnatural |
Antonyms: |
ok, unchanged, unhurt, unimpaired, uninjured |
| Main Entry: | apparent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | seeming, not proven real |
Synonyms: |
credible, illusive, illusory, likely, ostensible, outward, plausible, possible, probable, semblant, specious, superficial, supposed, suppositious |
Antonyms: |
doubtful, dubious, equivocal, hidden, improbable, obscure, questionable, real, uncertain, unclear, unlikely |
| Main Entry: | arbitrary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | whimsical, chance |
Synonyms: |
approximate, capricious, discretionary, erratic, fanciful, frivolous, inconsistent, injudicious, irrational, irresponsible, offhand, optional, random, subjective, supercilious, superficial, unaccountable, unreasonable, unscientific, wayward, willful |
Antonyms: |
circumspect, rational, reasonable, reasoned, supported |
| Main Entry: | benign |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not cancerous |
Synonyms: |
curable, early stage, harmless, limited, remediable, slight, superficial |
| Notes: | benign refers to a trait or characteristic; benignant to a tendency or disposition |
Antonyms: |
cancerous, malignant |
| Main Entry: | cosmetic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beautifying; relating to appearance |
Synonyms: |
corrective, gooky, improving, makeup, nonessential, painted, remedial, restorative, superficial, surface, touching-up |
Antonyms: |
disfiguring |
| Main Entry: | cursory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | casual, hasty |
Synonyms: |
brief, careless, depthless, desultory, fast, half-assed, half-baked, haphazard, hit or miss, hurried, offhand, passing, perfunctory, quick, random, rapid, shallow, short, sketchy, slapdash, slight, sloppy, speedy, summary, superficial, swift, uncritical |
Antonyms: |
complete, meticulous, painstaking, perfect, thorough, unhurried |
| Main Entry: | exterior |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | outside |
Synonyms: |
exoteric, external, extraneous, extraterrestrial, extraterritorial, extrinsic, foreign, marginal, outdoor, outer, outermost, outlying, outmost, outward, over, peripheral, superficial, surface |
Antonyms: |
central, interior, middle |
| Main Entry: | external |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | outside, extrinsic |
Synonyms: |
alien, apparent, exterior, extraneous, foreign, independent, out, outer, outermost, outmost, outward, over, peripheral, superficial, surface, visible |
Antonyms: |
inside, internal, intrinsic |
| Main Entry: | extrinsic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | foreign |
Synonyms: |
acquired, alien, exotic, exterior, external, extraneous, gained, imported, outer, outside, outward, superficial |
Antonyms: |
essential, integral, interior, intrinsic, necessary |