superficial

Meaning

Adj

1. (relational) Existing, occurring, or located on the surface.
2. (often, relational) Existing, occurring, or located on the surface.
3. Appearing to be true or real only until examined more closely.
4. Not thorough, deep, or complete; concerned only with the obvious or apparent.
5. Not thorough, deep, or complete; concerned only with the obvious or apparent.
6. (rare) Two-dimensional; drawn on a flat surface.
7. (British) Denoting a quantity of a material expressed in terms of area covered rather than linear dimension or volume.

Noun

A surface detail.

Opposite of

deep, in-depth, thorough, substantive

Synonyms

shallow

cursory

surface

perfunctory

frivolous

skin-deep

external

careless

inattentive

feckless

outward

hasty

trivial

outdoor

slipshod

negligent

facile

ineffectual

sciolistic

not deep

irresponsible

super

shortsighted

silly

simple

sketchy

slack

smattering

square

surfaced

thoughtless

two-dimensional

yeasty

dilettanteish

second power

not thorough

lip-deep

not profound

unelaborated

brief

superficial superficialis

casual

exterior

extern

extraneous

flat

flighty

flippant

futile

half-hearted

Translations

superficiel

oberflächlich

superficial

superficiale

superficial

superficial

oppervlakkig

επιπόλαιος

ondiep

αβαθής

yüzeysel

flach

licht

Seichtheit

Oberflächlichkeit

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌsuː.pəˈfɪʃ.əl/

Etymology

Borrowing from Late Latin superficiālis (“of or belonging to the surface”), from superficiēs (“top, surface”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).