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Showing words for SUPERFICIAL using the English dictionary

11 Letter Words for Superficial

superficial

10 Letter Words for Superficial

supercilia

9 Letter Words for Superficial

caprifies, clarifies, pacifiers, peculiars, pirlicues, praiseful, surficial

8 Letter Words for Superficial

aruspice, auricles, aurifies, calipers, capsuler, failures, felicias, ferulaic, ficaries, filacers, flareups, fluerics, furcilia, fusilier, lipurias, lucifers, pacifier, pacifies, peculiar, piracies, pirlicue, plurisie, pulsific, purifies, replicas, scareful, scripula, sluicier, spaceful, spareful, specular, spiceful, spiculae, spicular, spiracle, spiricle, spirulae, superial, surplice

7 Letter Words for Superficial

alisier, apercus, apiculi, auricle, aurific, auspice, caliper, capfuls, capsful, capsule, careful, carfuls, carpels, caseful, cesural, ciruela, claires, claries, clasper, clipeus, craples, cruisie, crusile, curpels, earclip, earfuls, eclairs, epacris, episcia, epiural, ericius, failure, faipule, fairies, farcies, fascili, fecials, feculas, felicia, ferulas, ferulic, fiacres, filacer, flareup, flueric, frailes, friscal, fucales, furilic, icespar, iliacus, israeli, leafcup, liparis, lipuria, lucifer, palsier, parcels, parlies, parulis, peculia, perusal, picarel, pilfers, pilifer, placers, plaices, pleuras, pleuric, pluries, purfles, rapeful, reclasp, recusal, refusal, replica, resilia, riflips, saucier, scaleup, scalier, scalper, scauper, scaurie, scrapie, scruple, sculper, secular, sercial, serific, serpula, sicular, sluicer, spacier, special, specula, spicier, spicula, spicule, spirale, spirlie, spirula, splicer, spuriae, surface, upaisle, uparise, upflare, upraise, uprisal, upscale, uracils, uricase

6 Letter Words for Superficial

acerli, aculei, alecup, alpieu, alures, apercu, aperiu, apulse, ariels, arilus, aspire, auceps, capers, capful, caples, capris, capuli, capuls, carful, caries, carles, carlie, carpel, carpus, casiri, casper, casule, caufle, caules, caulis, causer, ceilis, cerias, cisela, claire, clares, clause, clears, clipei, clipes, clipse, clupea, clusia, crapes, craple, crepis, cripes, crisle, cruels, cruise, crusie, cuirie, culpae, culpas, cupels, curiae, curial, curias, curies, curpel, curple, cursal, cuspal, earful, eclair, epical, epulis, epural, erical, ericas, escarp, espial, euripi, facers, faceup, facier, facies, facile, falcer, falces, falser, falsie, farces, farcie, farles, farleu, fauces, faucre, fecial, fecula, felsic, ferial, ferias, ferula, feuars, fiacre, filace, filers, filius, fiscal, flairs, flares, flaser, fliers, fluier, fraile, frails, fraise, fraple, frisca, frusla, fulica, furals, furcae, furcal, furial, furies, furile, fusile, icarus, ifreal, ilices, ireful, isicle, israel, lacers, lacier, laiser, lapies, lapser, lauric, lepras, lepric, liaise, licuri, lifers, lipase, lisper, lucres, pacers, pacier, paires, pairle, palier, parcel, pareil, pareus, paries, parles, parsec, paulie, pauser, pearls, pelias, perais, perils, persia, persic, perula, piacle, picras, picris, picule, piculs, pieris, pilafs, pilers, pileus, pilfer, pilfre, pilies, pirais, pirlie, placer, places, plaice, pleura, plicae, pliers, pracis, praise, precis, preifs, presul, prials, prices, priefs, prisal, pulers, pulier, pulsar, pulser, purace, purfle, railes, raucle, recals, recaps, recusf, relais, relics, resail, rifles, riflip, rupial, rupias, sailer, sapful, sarcel, sarcle, saucer, saulie, saurel, scaife, scaler, scalfe, scapel, scarfe, scarpe, sclera, scrape, secpar, serail, serial, siacle, sialic, sicula, silica, silure, sirpea, sirple, slicer, sluice, spacer, specif, spicae, spical, spicer, spiler, spirae, spiral, spirea, spiric, splice, spruce, spuria, sulcar, supari, superi, superl, surcle, surfie, surfle, ulcers, uprise, upseal, uracil, uralic, uralis, urials

5 Letter Words for Superficial

acers, acier, acies, acres, acris, aeric, aesir, afire, aisle, alces, alecs, alefs, alice, alife, alifs, alisp, alure, apers, aperu, apili, apres, april, arces, arcus, ariel, aries, arils, arise, arius, arles, arsle, ascii, asper, aspic, aulic, aurei, aures, auric, auris, cafes, calef, calpe, calps, capel, caper, capes, caple, capri, capul, cares, carle, carli, carls, carpe, carpi, carps, carse, carus, caser, cauli, cauls, caups, cause, ceili, ceils, ceral, ceras, ceria, cesar, ciels, cilia, cires, cirls, claes, clair, clape, claps, clare, clasp, claus, clear, clefs, clies, clipe, clips, clues, craie, crape, craps, cries, crile, cripe, crips, crise, crisp, crius, cruel, crues, cruse, cuifs, culpa, cupel, curas, cures, curfs, curia, curie, curls, curse, cursi, cusie, earls, ecrus, elaic, elaps, elfic, epics, epris, erica, erics, eruca, escar, facer, faces, facie, fails, faire, fairs, false, falus, farce, farci, fares, farle, farls, farse, farsi, fasci, fause, feals, fears, fecal, felis, feral, feria, feuar, fiars, fices, ficus, fieri, filar, filea, filer, files, firca, fires, flair, flaps, flare, flear, fleas, fleur, flics, flier, flies, flipe, flips, flirs, flrie, fluer, flues, frail, frape, fraps, frase, fraus, fries, frisa, fuels, fural, furca, furil, furls, fusel, fusil, icers, icier, ileac, ileus, iliac, iliau, irula, isiac, lacer, laces, lacis, laics, lairs, laius, lapis, lapse, lapsi, lares, laris, larus, laser, laufs, laure, leafs, leaps, lears, leirs, lepas, lepra, lepus, lerps, liars, liefs, liers, lieus, lifer, lipic, lipse, luces, lucia, lucre, lupis, lures, luser, pacer, paces, pails, paire, pairs, paise, paler, pales, palis, palus, parel, pares, pareu, paris, parle, parli, parse, parsi, parus, pasul, pauls, pause, peals, pearl, pears, pelas, pelfs, perai, perau, perca, peril, peris, pical, picas, picea, picra, picul, picus, piers, pilaf, pilar, pilea, pilei, piler, piles, pilis, pilus, pirai, pirls, piuri, place, pleas, pleis, plias, plica, plier, plies, prase, praus, preif, prela, presa, prial, price, prief, pries, prius, pucer, puces, puers, pulas, puler, pules, pulis, pulse, purae, puris, purls, purse, pusle, races, raile, rails, raise, rales, rapes, rapic, rauli, reais, reals, reaps, recal, recap, recip, reifs, relap, relic, repas, repic, repla, resup, rials, rices, riels, rifle, riles, ripal, ripes, rules, rupia, rupie, sacre, safer, saice, salep, salic, salue, sapir, saple, sarif, sarip, sauce, scail, scale, scalf, scalp, scape, scapi, scare, scarf, scarp, scaul, scaup, scaur, scelp, scler, scrae, scrap, scrip, scruf, sculp, scurf, selar, sepal, sepia, sepic, serac, serai, seral, serau, seric, serif, siafu, sicer, sicle, sieur, sifac, siler, siper, slape, slare, slice, slier, slipe, sluer, slurp, space, spaer, spail, spair, spale, spare, spaul, speal, spear, speil, speir, spial, spica, spice, spiel, spier, spile, spira, spire, sprue, spule, spurl, sucre, sulci, sulea, sulfa, super, supra, sural, ualis, ulcer, uraei, urali, urals, urase, ureal, ureas, ureic, urial, uriel, ursae, ursal

4 Letter Words for Superficial

acer, aces, acle, aclu, acre, acus, afer, aiel, aile, ails, aire, airs, alce, alec, alef, alep, ales, alif, alii, alps, aper, apes, apii, apis, apse, apsu, apus, arcs, ares, arfs, aril, aris, arle, arui, asci, aufs, cafe, cair, calf, calp, cals, cape, capi, caps, care, carf, carl, carp, cars, case, cauf, caul, caup, caus, ceas, ceil, cels, cepa, ceps, cera, ciel, cira, cire, cirl, clap, clar, clef, clep, clip, clue, cpus, crap, cres, crip, cris, crpe, crue, crup, crus, cues, cuif, cuir, culp, cups, cura, cure, curf, curl, curs, cusp, earl, ears, eaus, ecru, ecus, eila, eira, elfs, epic, epil, eral, eras, eria, eric, eris, eruc, esau, esca, face, fail, fair, fare, farl, fars, fasc, feal, fear, feil, feis, fels, fers, feru, feus, fiar, fica, fice, fiel, fier, fies, fila, file, fili, fils, fire, firs, fisc, fise, flap, flea, flic, flip, flir, flue, flus, frae, frap, fras, frau, fris, fuci, fuel, fula, furl, furs, fusc, fuse, iare, icer, ices, ilea, ilia, ipil, ipse, ires, iris, irpe, isle, iure, lace, lacs, laer, laic, lair, laps, lare, lari, lars, lase, lauf, laur, laus, leaf, leap, lear, leas, leir, leis, lepa, leps, lerp, liar, lias, lice, lief, lier, lies, lieu, life, lipa, lipe, lips, lira, lire, liri, lisp, lisu, luce, lues, lupe, lura, lure, lurs, pace, pacs, pacu, pail, pair, pais, pale, pali, pals, parc, pare, pari, parl, pars, pase, pasi, paul, peai, peal, pear, peas, pecs, pela, pelf, pelu, perf, peri, pers, peru, pesa, pfui, pial, pias, pica, pice, pics, pier, pies, pila, pile, pili, pirl, pirs, pisa, pise, piua, pius, plea, plia, plie, plur, plus, prau, prec, pref, pres, prie, psec, psia, puca, puce, puer, puir, pula, pule, puli, puls, pure, puri, purl, purs, race, rail, rais, rale, rals, rape, raps, rasp, real, reap, recs, refl, refs, reif, repl, reps, resp, rial, rias, rice, riel, ries, rife, rifs, rile, ripa, ripe, rips, risc, rise, risp, rucs, rues, rule, rupa, rusa, ruse, safe, saic, sail, saip, sair, sale, salp, sare, sari, sauf, saul, saur, scap, scar, scil, scul, scup, scur, seal, sear, seif, seil, seir, self, serf, sial, sice, sier, sife, sila, sile, sipe, sire, siri, slap, slip, slue, slup, slur, spae, spar, spec, spic, spie, spif, spue, spur, srac, suci, suer, sufi, sula, supa, supe, supr, sura, sure, surf, ufer, ules, upas, upla, ural, urea, ures, uria, uric, urps, ursa, usar, user

3 Letter Words for Superficial

ace, aer, aes, afp, ail, air, ais, alc, ale, alf, alp, als, apc, ape, apl, apr, arc, are, arf, ars, aru, ase, asl, asp, auf, aul, caf, cai, cal, cap, car, cel, cep, cer, cfi, cfs, cia, cie, cif, cir, cis, cli, clr, cpa, cpi, cpl, cpr, cps, cpu, crl, crs, cru, csi, csp, cue, cul, cup, cur, ear, eas, eau, ecu, efl, efs, eir, ela, elf, eli, els, epa, epi, era, erf, ers, esc, esp, esr, esu, fac, fap, far, fas, fcp, fcs, fec, fei, fer, fes, feu, fie, fil, fip, fir, flu, fps, fra, fri, frs, fur, ice, ifc, ife, ifs, ile, ipl, ipr, ips, ira, ire, irs, ise, isl, lac, lai, lap, lar, las, lca, lea, lei, lep, ler, les, leu, lie, lif, lip, lir, lis, lsc, lue, lur, pac, pal, par, pas, pau, pcf, pci, pea, pec, pel, per, pes, pfc, pia, pic, pie, pil, pir, pis, piu, plf, pli, plu, prc, pre, prf, prs, psf, psi, pua, pul, pur, pus, raf, rai, rap, ras, rea, rec, ref, rei, rel, rep, res, rfs, ria, rie, rif, rip, rle, rps, ruc, rue, sac, sai, sal, sap, sar, sau, scf, sci, scr, sea, sec, sei, sel, sep, ser, sic, sie, sif, sil, sip, sir, sla, sle, spa, spl, sri, sue, suf, sui, sup, sur, uca, ufa, ufs, ula, ule, ups, ura, ure, urf, urp, urs, usa, use

Definitions for Superficial

[1] being at, on, or near the surface: a superficial wound.
[2] of or relating to the surface: superficial measurement.
[3] external or outward: a superficial resemblance.
[4] concerned with or comprehending only what is on the surface or obvious: a superficial observer.
[5] shallow; not profound or thorough: a superficial writer.
[6] apparent rather than real.
[7] insubstantial or insignificant: superficial improvements.
[8] of, relating to, being near, or forming the surface superficial bruising
[9] displaying a lack of thoroughness or care a superficial inspection
[10] only outwardly apparent rather than genuine or actual the similarity was merely superficial
[11] of little substance or significance; trivial superficial differences
[12] lacking originality or profundity the film's plot was quite superficial
[13] (of measurements) involving only the surface area

Words related to Superficial

slight, cursory, one-dimensional, perfunctory, sketchy, silly, trivial, frivolous, apparent, casual, cosmetic, desultory, empty, evident, exterior, external, flash, flimsy, general, glib

Words nearby Superficial

superfamily, superfecta, superfecundation, superfemale, superfetation, superficial, superficial dorsal veins of clitoris, superficial dorsal veins of penis, superficial epigastric vein, superficial fascia, superficial fascia of perineum

Origin of Superficial

1375–1425; late Middle English superfyciall < Late Latin superficiālis, equivalent to Latin superfici(ēs ) superficies + -ālis -al1

Other words from Superficial

su·per·fi·ci·al·i·ty [soo-per-fish-ee-al -i-tee] /ˌsu pərˌfɪʃ iˈæl ɪ ti/ , su·per·fi·cial·ness , noun
su·per·fi·cial·ly , adverb
qua·si-su·per·fi·cial , adjective
qua·si-su·per·fi·cial·ly , adverb
sub·su·per·fi·cial , adjective
sub·su·per·fi·cial·ly , adverb
sub·su·per·fi·cial·ness , noun
un·su·per·fi·cial , adjective
un·su·per·fi·cial·ly , adverb

Word origin for Superficial

C14: from Late Latin superficiālis of the surface, from Latin superficies

Synonyms for Superficial

cursory, frivolous, one-dimensional, perfunctory, silly, sketchy, slight, trivial, apparent, casual, cosmetic, depthless, desultory, empty, evident, exterior, external, flash, flimsy, general, glib, half-baked, hasty, hurried, ignorant, inattentive, lightweight, nodding, on the surface, ostensible, outward, partial, passing, peripheral, quick-fix, seeming, shallow, shoal, skin-deep, slapdash, smattery, summary, surface, tip of the iceberg, uncritical, warped