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| Main Entry: | |
| 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: | 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 |
| Notes: | cursory means 'superficial'; cursorial is 'pertaining or adapted to running' |
| 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 |
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