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Synonyms for refine
rɪˈfaɪnre·fine
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
refine
Castigate and chastise refer strictly to corporal punishment, tho both are somewhat archaic; correct and punish are often used as euphemisms in preference to either. Punish is distinctly retributive in sense; chastise, partly retributive, and partly corrective; chasten, wholly corrective. Chasten is used exclusively in the spiritual sense, and chiefly of the visitation of God.
Synonyms:
afflict, castigate, chasten, chastise, correct, discipline, humble, punish, purify, soften, subdue, tryPreposition:
"We are chastened of the Lord," 1 Cor. xi, 32; "they ... chastened us after their own pleasure, but He for our profit," Heb. xii, 10; "chasten in thy hot displeasure," Ps. iv, 7; chasten with pain; by trials and sorrows.
Princeton's WordNet
polish, refine, fine-tune, downverb
improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
"refine one's style of writing"
Synonyms:
land, push down, pull down, polish up, round off, down, go through, elaborate, belt down, rarify, drink down, round, shoot down, cut down, complicate, kill, toss off, smoothen, calibrate, bolt down, rectify, shine, brush up, graduate, tweak, pour down, smooth, pop, devour, fine-tune, knock down, consume, polishcomplicate, refine, rarify, elaborateverb
make more complex, intricate, or richer
"refine a design or pattern"
Synonyms:
elaborate, perplex, lucubrate, exposit, polish, down, rarify, fine-tune, work out, rectify, dilate, expatiate, expand, expound, flesh out, complicate, enlargerefineverb
treat or prepare so as to put in a usable condition
"refine paper stock"; "refine pig iron"; "refine oil"
Synonyms:
rectify, rarify, down, elaborate, complicate, polish, fine-tunerefine, rectifyverb
reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities
"refine sugar"
Synonyms:
elaborate, reclaim, right, regenerate, polish, down, rarify, fine-tune, correct, rectify, reform, amend, remedy, complicate, repair, remediaterefineverb
attenuate or reduce in vigor, strength, or validity by polishing or purifying
"many valuable nutrients are refined out of the foods in our modern diet"
Synonyms:
rectify, rarify, down, elaborate, complicate, polish, fine-tunerefineverb
make more precise or increase the discriminatory powers of
"refine a method of analysis"; "refine the constant in the equation"
Synonyms:
rectify, rarify, down, elaborate, complicate, polish, fine-tune
Dictionary of English Synonymes
refineverb
refineverb
Synonyms:
cultivate, polish, make elegantrefineverb
Synonyms:
become pure, be clarifiedrefineverb
Synonyms:
improve, make improvementrefineverb
Synonyms:
be over-nice, affect nicety, split hairs, make useless distinctions
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
refineverb
Synonyms:
purify, defecate, clarify, sublimate, subtilize, sublime, devulgarize, decrassify
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#234 | right | |
#311 | down | |
#684 | try | |
#773 | land | |
#1309 | round | |
#1326 | improve | |
#1482 | develop | |
#1523 | pop | |
#1666 | repair | |
#1847 | correct | |
#1965 | graduate | |
#2479 | enlarge | |
#3096 | kill | |
#3129 | expand | |
#3345 | reform | |
#3400 | enhance | |
#3823 | specify | |
#3880 | smooth | |
#4002 | improving | |
#4835 | polish | |
#5397 | refine | |
#5491 | discipline | |
#7436 | amend | |
#8193 | remedy | |
#8685 | refined | |
#9051 | shine | |
#10047 | clarify | |
#12155 | humble | |
#13066 | elaborate | |
#13640 | consume | |
#17245 | refining | |
#17439 | punish | |
#19308 | tweak | |
#22636 | reclaim | |
#28390 | hone | |
#30385 | soften | |
#30449 | sharpen | |
#31890 | rectify | |
#32860 | regenerate | |
#34405 | calibrate | |
#34586 | complicate | |
#36357 | purify | |
#43092 | devour | |
#54755 | subdue | |
#73447 | afflict | |
#75307 | expound | |
#77777 | remediate | |
#84676 | dilate | |
#95211 | perplex | |
#105258 | chastise | |
#184683 | castigate | |
#246567 | chasten | |
#257374 | smoothen |
How to use refine in a sentence?
Even the negative things that happen to us, we get to choose if that’s something that’s going to define us, or if it’s something that’s going to refine us, it’s about choosing your path forward, taking that power back into your own hands and taking your life back.
At our living history museum, these and future findings will help us further refine our exhibits, as we use archaeological evidence and historical documents as the basis for our portrayal of the past.
IXPE will help us test and refine our theories of how the universe works, there may be even more exciting answers ahead than the ones we've hypothesized. Better yet, we may find whole lists of new questions to ask !
It's just too early to put a solid strategy in place, we have still got so much to solve with the regulators in order to be able to then refine the strategy for launch.
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott:
I don't know how accurate that will be but I dare say it will give us some more evidence and it might enable us to further refine the search area, it might.
Translations for refine
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- refinarCatalan, Valencian
- kultivovat, vylepšovat, čistit, vyčistit, rafinovat, pročistitCzech
- rense, forfine, forbedre, raffinereDanish
- verfeinernGerman
- rafiniEsperanto
- refinar, perfeccionarSpanish
- hioa, jalostua, jalostaa, kehittää, puhdistaaFinnish
- השתבחHebrew
- finomítaniHungarian
- memperhalusIndonesian
- purificare, lucidare, migliorare, perfezionare, impreziosire, decantare, sgrossare, decontaminare, ripulire, raffinare, rifinireItalian
- whakaparakoreMāori
- raffinereNorwegian
- purificar, refinarPortuguese
- детализировать, очищать, совершенствоваться, уточнять, облагораживатьRussian
- förfina, raffineraSwedish
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