SUPERFICIAL as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • involving a surface only
   
   Synonym(s)
   • skin-deep (what does skin-deep mean?)
   • surface(a) (what does surface(a) mean?)
   
   Usage Example(s)
   • her beauty is only skin-deep
   • superficial bruising
   • a surface wound
   
   Similar To
   • shallow (what does shallow mean?)
2. Meaning
   • being or affecting or concerned with a surface
   • not deep or penetrating emotionally or intellectually
   
   Usage Example(s)
   • superficial similarities
   • a superficial mind
   • his thinking was superficial and fuzzy
   • superficial knowledge
   • the superficial report didn”t giv
   
   Antonym(s)
   • profound (what does profound mean?)
   
   Similar To
   • apparent(a) (what does apparent(a) mean?)
   • ostensible (what does ostensible mean?)
   • seeming(a) (what does seeming(a) mean?)
   • dilettante (what does dilettante mean?)
   • dilettantish (what does dilettantish mean?)
   • dilettanteish (what does dilettanteish mean?)
   • sciolistic (what does sciolistic mean?)
   • facile (what does facile mean?)
   • glib (what does glib mean?)
   • looking (what does looking mean?)
   • sounding (what does sounding mean?)
   • shallow (what does shallow mean?)
   
   See Also
   • careless (what does careless mean?)
   • frivolous (what does frivolous mean?)
   • outward (what does outward mean?)
3. Meaning
   • of little substance or significance
   
   Synonym(s)
   • trivial (what does trivial mean?)
   
   Usage Example(s)
   • a few superficial editorial changes
   • only trivial objections
   
   Similar To
   • insignificant (what does insignificant mean?)
   • unimportant (what does unimportant mean?)
4. Meaning
   • relating to a surface
   
   Usage Example(s)
   • superficial measurements
   • the superficial area of the wall
   
   Pertainym(s)
   • surface (what does surface mean?)