# glib

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ɡlɪb/ · frequency rank #44,813

## Definitions
1. Having a ready flow of words but lacking thought or understanding; superficial; shallow.
2. Smooth or slippery.
3. Artfully persuasive but insincere in nature; smooth-talking, honey-tongued, silver-tongued.
4. Snarky or unserious in a disrespectful way.

## Etymology
A shortening of either English glibbery (“slippery”) or its source, Low German glibberig, glibberich (“slippery”) / Dutch glibberig (“slippery”).

## Easily confused with
- **GUI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glib-vs-gui)
- **GLO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glib-vs-glo)
- **gob** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glib-vs-gob)
- **grab** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glib-vs-grab)
- **grid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glib-vs-grid)
- **grip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glib-vs-grip)
- **goin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glib-vs-goin)
- **glow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glib-vs-glow)
- **glue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glib-vs-glue)
- **grim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glib-vs-grim)
- **grin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glib-vs-grin)
- **grit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glib-vs-grit)
- **grub** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glib-vs-grub)
- **glut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glib-vs-glut)
- **glyn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glib-vs-glyn)
- **globe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glib-vs-globe)
- **glide** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glib-vs-glide)
- **glitz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glib-vs-glitz)
- **glint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glib-vs-glint)
- **Glick** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glib-vs-glick)

## Common misspellings (6)
`gglib`, `gilb`, `glbi`, `glibb`, `gllib`, `lgib`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/glib