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glib

/gl/I/b/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

  1. Smooth; slippery; as, ice is <i>glib</i>.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

noun

  1. A thick lock of hair, hanging over the eyes.

    noun

    Source: webster1913

adjective satellite

  1. marked by lack of intellectual depth

    adj.all

    Examples
    Glib generalizations.
    A glib response to a complex question.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. having only superficial plausibility

    adj.all

    Examples
    Glib promises.
    Synonyms pat slick

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. artfully persuasive in speech

    adj.all

    Examples
    A glib tongue.
    Synonyms glib-tongued smooth-tongued

    Source: WordNet 3.0

verb

  1. To make glib.

    verb

    Source: webster1913

  2. To castrate; to geld; to emasculate.

    verb

    Source: webster1913

Nearby words

glewgleygliagliadinglialglial cellglib-tonguedglibberygliblyglibnessglickeglidder

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