Communication
Synonyms for glib
The synonym for glib recorded in this bank is facile, in the sense "fluent and voluble but insincere or superficial in speech". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for glib
- facileadjective, in the sense "fluent and voluble but insincere or superficial in speech"
One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day glib is audited in a second meaning.
fluent and voluble but insincere or superficial in speech
His glib excuses fooled no one who had actually read the report.
The true synonym
facile
Same sentence, swapped: His facile excuses fooled no one who had actually read the report.
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot glib is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- candid
- somber
- modest
Where glib turns up in the game
glib is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.
Play glib
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so glib reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because communication is the company glib keeps.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. glib carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.