Synonyms for refined
rɪˈfaɪndre·fined

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1. refined

   Fine (Latin finis, end) denotes that which has been brought to a full end, finished. From this root-sense many derived meanings branch out, causing words quite remote from each other to be alike synonyms of fine. That which is truly finished, brought to an ideal end, is excellent of its kind, and beautiful, if a thing that admits of beauty; as, a fine house, fine trees, a fine woman, a fine morning; if a thing that admits of the removal of impurities, it is not finished till these are removed, and hence fine signifies clarified, clear, pure, refined; as, fine gold. That which is finished is apt to be polished, smooth to the touch, minutely exact in outline; hence fine comes to be a synonym for all words like dainty, delicate, exquisite; as, fine manners, a fine touch, fine perceptions. As that which is delicate is apt to be small, by an easy extension of meaning fine becomes a synonym for slender, slight, minute, comminuted; as, a fine thread, fine sand; or for filmy, tenuous, thin; as, a fine lace, fine wire; and as a thin edge is keen, sharp, fine becomes also a synonym for these words; as, a fine point, a fine edge. Compare BEAUTIFUL; MINUTE.

   Synonyms:
   beautiful, clarified, clear, comminuted, dainty, delicate, elegant, excellent, exquisite, fine, gauzy, handsome, keen, minute, nice, polished, pure, sensitive, sharp, slender, slight, small, smooth, splendid, subtile, subtle, tenuous, thin

   Antonyms:
   big, blunt, clumsy, coarse, great, heavy, huge, immense, large, rude, stout, thick

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1. refined

   Synonyms:
   courtly, polished, accomplished, genteel

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1. refinedadjective

   (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel

   "she was delicate and refined and unused to hardship"; "refined people with refined taste"

   Synonyms:
   graceful, elegant, processed, polished, tasteful, neat, svelte, urbane

   Antonyms:
   uncultivated, naive, loutish, crude, oafish, robust, neandertal, swinish, ill-bred, naif, unladylike, ungracious, yokelish, agrestic, neanderthal, low, uncultured, unrefined, inelegant, rough-spoken, rough-cut, lowbred, ungentlemanly, underbred, unprocessed, common, artless, ungentlemanlike, crass, bounderish, uncouth, boorish, rude, rough, coarse, vulgar

2. refined, processedadjective

   freed from impurities by processing

   "refined sugar"; "refined oil"; "to gild refined gold"- Shakespeare

   Synonyms:
   graceful, elegant, processed, polished, tasteful, neat, svelte, urbane

   Antonyms:
   oafish, crude, vulgar, naif, bounderish, coarse, ungentlemanlike, uncouth, loutish, unprocessed, boorish, neandertal, swinish, common, unrefined, rough-spoken, crass, robust, underbred, rude, ill-bred, ungentlemanly, low, neanderthal, uncultivated, unladylike, yokelish, naive, agrestic, uncultured, lowbred, artless, ungracious, rough-cut, rough, inelegant

3. polished, refined, svelte, urbaneadjective

   showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience

   "his polished manner"; "maintained an urbane tone in his letters"

   Synonyms:
   urbane, lissome, neat, lithesome, sylphlike, lissom, polished, slender, processed, slight, svelte, tasteful, slim, graceful, elegant, supple, dressed, milled, lithe

   Antonyms:
   naive, ungentlemanlike, naif, unprocessed, inelegant, agrestic, oafish, lowbred, vulgar, yokelish, rude, coarse, rough-spoken, underbred, uncouth, low, boorish, common, uncultured, robust, unladylike, crass, rough, uncultivated, ungentlemanly, neanderthal, rough-cut, neandertal, unrefined, ill-bred, swinish, crude, ungracious, bounderish, loutish, artless

4. elegant, graceful, refinedadjective

   suggesting taste, ease, and wealth

   Synonyms:
   graceful, elegant, processed, polished, tasteful, neat, svelte, urbane

   Antonyms:
   ungracious, boorish, common, ungentlemanlike, vulgar, low, neanderthal, unrefined, ungentlemanly, crude, agrestic, coarse, crass, inelegant, ill-bred, unladylike, yokelish, rough-cut, neandertal, unprocessed, uncouth, loutish, bounderish, rough, rude, lowbred, naif, underbred, uncultured, naive, rough-spoken, uncultivated, artless, robust, swinish, oafish

5. neat, refined, tastefuladjective

   free from what is tawdry or unbecoming

   "a neat style"; "a neat set of rules"; "she hated to have her neat plans upset"

   Synonyms:
   urbane, slap-up, full-strength, straight, cracking, neat, clean, svelte, nifty, swell, graceful, orderly, keen, tasteful, processed, bang-up, smashing, not bad(p), elegant, corking, groovy, polished, great, bully, dandy, peachy

   Antonyms:
   rough-cut, inelegant, oafish, underbred, ungracious, crass, naive, bounderish, yokelish, low, ungentlemanly, artless, ill-bred, swinish, rude, robust, agrestic, rough, lowbred, coarse, neandertal, vulgar, ungentlemanlike, boorish, naif, unrefined, uncultured, unladylike, uncultivated, neanderthal, rough-spoken, common, uncouth, unprocessed, loutish, crude

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1. sophisticatedly

   1. having or showing much worldly knowledge or cultural refinement: a sophisticated businesswoman who is unlikely to be outmaneuvered; a sophisticated appraisal of the movie.

   Submitted by khushboo.gloriya on October 1, 2020  

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1. refinedadjective

   Synonyms:
   purified, clarified

2. refinedadjective

   Synonyms:
   accomplished, cultivated, polished, elegant, genteel, stylish, courtly, polite, well-bred

3. refinedadjective

   Synonyms:
   classic, classical, pure, chaste, attic, delicate, nice, exquisite

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1. refinedadjective

   Synonyms:
   exquisite, polished, fine, well-bred, courtly, cultured, purified, sublimated, subtle, subtilized

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1. List of paraphrases for "refined":

   sophisticated, perfected, fine-tuned, improved, exquisite, redefined, sharpened, refine, polished

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1. Sara Peternell:

   Babies have very immature digestive systems, so to speak, so when we introduce something that’s more of a refined grain, that takes a lot more energy from the digestive system to try to break it down and also to extract the nutrients.

2. Whitney English:

   The not-so-secret healthy ingredient here is sweet potatoes! Instead of refined flour, sugar and butter, these chewy brownies use whole food ingredients like beta-carotene packed sweet potatoes and fiber-rich flaxseeds to create a nutritious, delicious, chocolatey dessert.

3. Jim White:

   It’s stripped of a lot of its nutrients and it’s refined.

4. Lizette Parsons Bell:

   In April/May demand for our pipeline continued to be strong and was oversubscribed, however we did see a decrease in refined product. This is due to the shortage of refined products in Western Canada as a result of the Fort McMurray forest fires.

5. Colette:

   It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanisms of friendship.