facile C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˈfæsəl/ UK /ˈfæsaɪl/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj achieved with little effort, often superficially so His facile answer ignored the real complexity of the problem. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · achieved with little... effortlesseasysimplisticsuperficialglibshallowslick ↔ Opposites difficultprofoundlaboriouscomplex Word family Derived forms facilelyfacileness Related forms facilityfacilitate Etymology AI details From French facile, from Latin facilis ('easy to do'), from facere ('to do, make'). facilis Latin facere Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # facile **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈfæsəl/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈfæsaɪl/ ## Meanings 1. achieved with little effort, often superficially so ## Examples - His facile answer ignored the real complexity of the problem. ## Synonyms - effortless - easy - simplistic - superficial - glib - shallow - slick ## Antonyms - difficult - profound - laborious - complex ## Derived Forms - facilely - facileness ## Related Forms - facility - facilitate ## Roots and Affixes - Root: facilis - Root: facere ## Etymology From French facile, from Latin facilis ('easy to do'), from facere ('to do, make'). ## AI Etymology Facile is from French facile, from Latin facilis ('easy to do'), from facere ('to do, make'). Important recorded forms include facilis (Latin) and facere (Latin). The current sense covers achieved with little effort, often superficially so. The wider family includes derived forms such as facilely and facileness and related words such as facility and facilitate. ## Topics - Describing Qualities markdown