Synonyms for facile
ˈfæs ɪl; esp. Brit. -aɪlfacile

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1. facile

   Synonyms:
   easy, light, pleasant, slight, trifling, trivial

   Antonyms:
   arduous, difficult, exhausting, hard, laborious, onerous, severe, toilsome, trying

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1. facile

   Synonyms:
   docile, tractable, manageable, indulgent, weak, irresolute, easy, affable, flexible, characterless, pliable

   Antonyms:
   sturdy, obstinate, determined, resolute, pig-headed, crusty, inflexible, self-willed, independent, self-reliant

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1. facileadjective

   arrived at without due care or effort; lacking depth

   "too facile a solution for so complex a problem"

   Synonyms:
   silver-tongued, silver, smooth-spoken, eloquent, fluent

   Antonyms:
   effortful, unarticulate, inarticulate, profound

2. facileadjective

   performing adroitly and without effort

   "a facile hand"

   Synonyms:
   silver-tongued, silver, smooth-spoken, eloquent, fluent

   Antonyms:
   effortful, inarticulate, profound, unarticulate

3. eloquent, facile, fluent, silver, silver-tongued, smooth-spokenadjective

   expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively

   "able to dazzle with his facile tongue"; "silver speech"

   Synonyms:
   argent, silverish, silvery, liquid, eloquent, silver, fluent, smooth-spoken, silver-tongued, silvern, smooth, fluid

   Antonyms:
   inarticulate, profound, effortful, unarticulate

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1. facileadjective

   Synonyms:
   easy, not difficult, not hard

2. facileadjective

   Synonyms:
   mild, courteous, affable, not haughty, not austere

3. facileadjective

   Synonyms:
   pliant, pliable, flexible, ductile, yielding, tractable, manageable, easily persuaded

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1. List of paraphrases for "facile":

   easy, superficial, simplistic

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1. Steve Herz:

   Countries that don't want an outcome can no longer make a facile argument that they will just lose market share to China.

2. Charles de LEUSSE:

   Easy to break mirror; less easy to see oneself. (Facile de casser le miroir; - Moins facile de s’y voir.)

3. Chris Cillizza:

   It’s facile. It shows an actual lack of understanding of reality tv( ca n’t believe I ’m typing that). It’s mediocre. It’s a time when viewers need to understand what’s going on at the highest levels of [ government ].