glibness
Smooth but shallow
Glibness is the quality of speaking smoothly and persuasively but without depth or sincerity.
A glib person offers quick, confident answers that sound good but don't hold up to scrutiny: His glibness made the investors suspicious.
The word carries a note of distrust—what comes too easily may not be honest.
Smooth linguistic command
- articulateExpress clearly, or well-spoken
- silver-tonguedPersuasively articulate speaker
- rhetoricArt of persuasive language
- oratoryFormal eloquent discourse
persuasion · voluble · loquacious · smooth-talking · fast-talking · eloquent · verbosity · diction
Lacking depth or substance
- shallowWithout much depth
- insincereFeigning belief or feeling
- hollowEmpty within
- facileSuperficially simple or effortless
pat · slick · unconvincing · disingenuous · flippant · perfunctory · skin-deep · empty
Skilled at controlling others
- calculatingColdly self-serving in strategy
- craftyCleverly deceptive
- schemingCrafty and calculating
- deviousUnderhanded and calculating
wily · artful · shrewd · slippery · guile · sly · deceptive · cunning
Smoothly refined in manner
- urbaneRefined and courteous
- debonairSophisticated and carefree
- polishedSmooth, refined, accomplished
- charmingPleasantly attractive in manner
refined · effortless · composed · unruffled · poised · sophisticated · nonchalant · self-assured
fluency
Smooth linguistic command
- articulateExpress clearly, or well-spoken
- silver-tonguedPersuasively articulate speaker
- rhetoricArt of persuasive language
oratory · persuasion · voluble · loquacious · smooth-talking · fast-talking · eloquent · verbosity · diction · expressiveness
superficial
Lacking depth or substance
facile · pat · slick · unconvincing · disingenuous · flippant · perfunctory · skin-deep · empty · smooth
manipulative
Skilled at controlling others
- calculatingColdly self-serving in strategy
- craftyCleverly deceptive
- schemingCrafty and calculating
devious · wily · artful · shrewd · slippery · guile · sly · deceptive · cunning · con artist
suave
Smoothly refined in manner
charming · refined · effortless · composed · unruffled · poised · sophisticated · nonchalant · self-assured · aplomb
- psychopathypsychopathy, sociopathy, lack of empathy, superficial charm, pathological lying
- superficialityshallowness, superficiality, hollowness, emptiness, skin deep
glibnesshesitancy
Unwillingness to proceed
hesitation · stammering · halting speech · faltering · tongue-tiedness
glibnessprofoundness
Quality of great significance
thoughtfulness · depth · profundity · substantiveness · deliberateness
glibnesssincerity
Honest, unfeigned genuineness
earnestness · genuineness · authenticity · candor · artlessness