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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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

When his “political enemy,” the glib and popular Alcibiades, sways the assembly, Nicias replies that this means sending both a fleet and “large numbers of land forces.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

“Southern Man”? It’s probably a little glib to declare it a song about reparations, but it’s also not an incorrect observation.

From Salon • Aug. 19, 2025

I am not trying to be glib myself.

From Slate • May 13, 2025

But he was also disgusted with himself for being so shallow and glib.

From "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner

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