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glib

[glib] / glɪb /
ADJECTIVE
slick, smooth-talking
Synonyms
STRONGEST
artful articulate eloquent facile loquacious talkative
WEAK
easy fast-talking flip fluent garrulous hot air insincere plausible quick ready silver-tongued slippery smooth-spoken smooth-tongued suave urbane vocal vocative voluble
Antonyms
STRONGEST
quiet silent
WEAK
inarticulate stuttering tongue-tied uncommunicative

Example Sentences

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Mr. Buruma resists glib post hoc censure, acknowledging that German civilians “lived in constant fear of their own government.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

So for his children not to show up in any way, and to be glib about his experience, is, well, a choice.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 22, 2026

I don’t mean to sound trite or wilfully glib, but it’s merely the truth that every ending is followed by a beginning.

From Salon • Dec. 17, 2025

I am not trying to be glib myself.

From Slate • May 13, 2025

Drinkwater had a pretty face, a glib tongue, and a fine head of hair.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin