Antonyms for superficial
ˌsu pərˈfɪʃ əlsu·per·fi·cial

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1. superficialadjective

   Of or pertaining to the surface.

   Synonyms:
   surficial

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1. superficial

   Antonyms:
   congenital, essential, immanent, inborn, inbred, indispensable, indwelling, infixed, ingrained, inherent, inhering, innate, inseparable, internal, intrinsic, inwrought, native, natural, subjective

   Synonyms:
   accidental, casual, external, extrinsic, fortuitous, incidental, outward, subsidiary, superadded, superfluous, superimposed, supplemental, transient, unconnected

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1. superficial

   Antonyms:
   deep, profound, abstruse, recondite, accurate, exact, deep-seated

   Synonyms:
   light, slight, imperfect, showy, external, flimsy, surface, shallow, smattering, skin-deep

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. superficialadjective

   concerned with or comprehending only what is apparent or obvious; not deep or penetrating emotionally or intellectually

   "superficial similarities"; "a superficial mind"; "his thinking was superficial and fuzzy"; "superficial knowledge"; "the superficial report didn't give the true picture"; "only superficial differences"

   Antonyms:
   important, significant, deep, thoughtful, profound

   Synonyms:
   trivial

2. superficialadjective

   of, affecting, or being on or near the surface

   "superficial measurements"; "the superficial area of the wall"; "a superficial wound"

   Antonyms:
   deep, thoughtful, profound, important, significant

   Synonyms:
   trivial

3. superficial, trivialadjective

   of little substance or significance

   "a few superficial editorial changes"; "only trivial objections"

   Antonyms:
   thoughtful, important, significant, deep, profound

   Synonyms:
   niggling, trivial, picayune, piffling, footling, petty, fiddling, lilliputian, little, piddling

How to use superficial in a sentence?

1. Wai Wah Chin:

   They are against racial discrimination, but pernicious division and discrimination by race have been ongoing for a long time in admissions, so there is wrongful resistance to a change back to privileging individual merit. Those who see everything through the lens of color, want a superficial skin color result, or benefit from that, should join us in opposing discriminating by race.

2. Phanice Lijodi:

   Superficial.ism is a religion. It's simply hypocrisy...

3. The Italian photographer Majoli:

   In the evening, people were going (to the sites of the attacks), bringing flowers, but taking a lot of selfies, i don't know how to explain that. I don't want to say (people had) superficial interest but ... it's not like pure (emotion).

4. Claudia Villarroel:

   These rains serve to accumulate water, but the superficial run-off is very high. What is best is a little, constant rain.

5. Les Baquiran:

   It's not just people snapping pictures at Dairy Queen. There's a lot going beyond the superficial. There's real business going on here, it would be more intense if everyone from China who wanted to come came.

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