glib

1. 1.

   marked by lack of intellectual depth

   “glib generalizations”

   “a glib response to a complex question”

   Similarsuperficial
2. 2.

   having only superficial plausibility

   “glib promises”

   “a slick commercial”

   Synonymspatslick

   Similarplausible
3. 3.

   artfully persuasive in speech

   “a glib tongue”

   “a smooth-tongued hypocrite”

   Synonymsglib-tonguedsmooth-tongued

   Similarpersuasive

Other forms of glib

comparative or superlative

glibber

comparative or superlative

glibbest

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about glib

What does glib mean?

glib means "marked by lack of intellectual depth". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in glib?

glib has 1 syllable: glib. In IPA it is /ˈɡlɪb/.

What is another word for glib?

Close synonyms include pat, slick, glib-tongued, smooth-tongued. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is glib a common word?

glib is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.