Synonyms for superficial
ˌsu pərˈfɪʃ əlsu·per·fi·cial

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1. superficialadjective

   Of or pertaining to the surface.

   Synonyms:
   surficial

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1. superficial

   Synonyms:
   accidental, casual, external, extrinsic, fortuitous, incidental, outward, subsidiary, superadded, superfluous, superimposed, supplemental, transient, unconnected

   Antonyms:
   congenital, essential, immanent, inborn, inbred, indispensable, indwelling, infixed, ingrained, inherent, inhering, innate, inseparable, internal, intrinsic, inwrought, native, natural, subjective

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1. superficial

   Synonyms:
   light, slight, imperfect, showy, external, flimsy, surface, shallow, smattering, skin-deep

   Antonyms:
   deep, profound, abstruse, recondite, accurate, exact, deep-seated

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. superficialadjective

   concerned with or comprehending only what is apparent or obvious; not deep or penetrating emotionally or intellectually

   "superficial similarities"; "a superficial mind"; "his thinking was superficial and fuzzy"; "superficial knowledge"; "the superficial report didn't give the true picture"; "only superficial differences"

   Synonyms:
   trivial

   Antonyms:
   important, significant, deep, thoughtful, profound

2. superficialadjective

   of, affecting, or being on or near the surface

   "superficial measurements"; "the superficial area of the wall"; "a superficial wound"

   Synonyms:
   trivial

   Antonyms:
   deep, thoughtful, profound, important, significant

3. superficial, trivialadjective

   of little substance or significance

   "a few superficial editorial changes"; "only trivial objections"

   Synonyms:
   niggling, trivial, picayune, piffling, footling, petty, fiddling, lilliputian, little, piddling

   Antonyms:
   thoughtful, important, significant, deep, profound

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1. superficialadjective

   Synonyms:
   external, exterior, outer, on the surface

2. superficialadjective

   Synonyms:
   shallow, slight, smattering, not deep, not thorough, not profound

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1. List of paraphrases for "superficial":

   surface, surficial, shallow, cursory, perfunctory, above-ground, cosmetic, facile, apparent, supracrustal

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1. William Cobbett:

   It is no small mischief to a boy, that many of the best years of his life should be devoted to the learning of what can never be of any real use to any human being. His mind is necessarily rendered frivolous and superficial by the long habit of attaching importance to words instead of things; to sound instead of sense.

2. Kristen Hopewell:

   Beijing is not going to give up its plans for becoming a dominant industrial and technological power simply to please Washington, any changes are likely to be superficial, not substantive.

3. Courteney Cox:

   I don't have time for superficial friends. I suppose if you're really lonely you can call a superficial friend, but otherwise, what's the point

4. Jennifer Siebel-Newsom:

   Frankly, I think red carpet correspondents avoid asking female talent big questions about racial and gender diversity in Hollywood because we’ve come to accept a superficial status quo from the entertainment and media industries, the more people who call out these stereotypes through actions like #AskHerMore, the sooner we can achieve parity and a healthier culture.

5. Melinda Gates:

   Melinda strikes me as someone who is not going to look for something purely superficial, shall we say, but Bill seems like a guy who part of what turns him on is intellect – smart women are very sexy to him. So I think that he's very likely to be with someone who is worldly, has life experience and is successful in her own right. Perhaps a woman that is very, very, very bright.