Synonyms & related words for cursory

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of cursory — including perfunctory, superficial, casual, quick, desultory, slapdash. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to cursory

Explore words related to cursory — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include cursoriness, perfunctoriness, sciolistic, briefest, sciolist, sciolism, glance, surficial. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for cursory

Common synonyms for cursory include perfunctory, superficial, casual, quick, desultory, slapdash, hasty, shallow — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does cursory come from?

The word cursory breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root curs-, from Latin curro (“run”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.