Superficial

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of, affecting, or being on or near the surface: a superficial wound.
  • adj. Concerned with or comprehending only what is apparent or obvious; shallow.
  • adj. Apparent rather than actual or substantial: a superficial resemblance.
  • adj. Trivial; insignificant: made only a few superficial changes in the manuscript.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Shallow, lacking substance.
  • adj. At face value.
  • adj. Of or pertaining to the surface.
  • adj. Being near the surface.
  • adj. Two-dimensional; drawn on a flat surface.
  • n. A surface detail.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Of or pertaining to the superficies, or surface; lying on the surface; shallow; not deep.
  • adj. Reaching or comprehending only what is obvious or apparent; not deep or profound; shallow; -- said especially in respect to study, learning, and the like.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Lying in or on, or pertaining to, the superficies or surface; not penetrating below the surface, literally or figuratively; being only on the surface; not reaching to the interior or essence; shallow: as, a superficial color; a superficial resemblance.
  • Of persons or their mental states or acts, comprehending only what is apparent or obvious; not deep or profound; not thorough.
  • In anatomy, not deep-seated or profound; lying on the surface of some part, or near but not on the surface of the whole body; subcutaneous; cutaneous: specifically said of various tissues and structures.
  • Synonyms External, exterior, outer.
  • Slight, smattering, shallow.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. of, affecting, or being on or near the surface
  • adj. concerned with or comprehending only what is apparent or obvious; not deep or penetrating emotionally or intellectually
  • adj. of little substance or significance
  • Equivalent
    dilettante    shallow    dilettanteish    glib    dilettantish    sciolistic    ostensible    looking    apparent    sounding   
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    Words with the same meaning
    shallow    surficial   
    Rhyme
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    Words that are found in similar contexts
    false    mere    trivial    external    imperfect    casual    extraordinary