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The Meaning of glib

  • (superl.) Smooth; slippery; as, ice is glib.
  • (superl.) Speaking or spoken smoothly and with flippant rapidity; fluent; voluble; as, a glib tongue; a glib speech.
  • (v. t.) To make glib.
  • (n.) A thick lock of hair, hanging over the eyes.
  • (v. t.) To castrate; to geld; to emasculate.

Synonyms

Slippery , voluble , smooth , fluent , ready , talkative , flippant.

Antonyms

Rough , abrupt , hesitating , stammering , Glimmer , [See GLARE].

Rhymes

ad-lib , bib , bibb , corncrib , crib , cribb , dibb , gib , gibb , grzyb , ib , jib , kibbe , lib , mib , nib , nibbe , rib , sib , skibbe , squibb , trib