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synonyms for on the surface

  • peripheral
  • shallow
  • sketchy
  • warped
  • apparent
  • casual
  • cosmetic
  • cursory
  • depthless
  • desultory
  • empty
  • evident
  • exterior
  • external
  • flash
  • flimsy
  • frivolous
  • general
  • glib
  • half-baked
  • hasty
  • hurried
  • ignorant
  • inattentive
  • lightweight
  • nodding
  • ostensible
  • outward
  • partial
  • passing
  • perfunctory
  • quick-fix
  • seeming
  • shoal
  • silly
  • skin-deep
  • slapdash
  • slight
  • smattery
  • summary
  • surface
  • tip of the iceberg
  • trivial
  • uncritical
  • seemingly
  • superficially
  • externally
  • apparently
  • as far as one can see
  • evidently
  • for all intents and purposes
  • in appearance
  • officially
  • on the face of it
  • ostensibly
  • professedly
  • to the eye
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
On this page you'll find 196 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to on the surface, such as: peripheral, shallow, sketchy, warped, apparent, and casual.
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