glib-tongued

1. 1.

   artfully persuasive in speech

   “a glib tongue”

   “a smooth-tongued hypocrite”

   Synonymsglibsmooth-tongued

   Similarpersuasive

Questions about glib-tongued

What does glib-tongued mean?

glib-tongued means "artfully persuasive in speech".

How many syllables are in glib-tongued?

glib-tongued has 3 syllables: glib--ton-gued. The stress falls on "glib-".

What is another word for glib-tongued?

Close synonyms include glib, 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-tongued a common word?

glib-tongued is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.