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... effortless easysimplisticsuperficial glib shallow slick

Opposites

difficult profound laborious complex

Word family

Derived forms facilelyfacileness

Related forms facility facilitate

Etymology

From French facile, from Latin facilis ('easy to do'), from facere ('to do, make').

facilis Latin facere Latin

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Topics

Describing Qualities

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# 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

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