refined

refined

adjective

Definition of REFINED

1

: free from impurities

2

: fastidious, cultivated

3

: precise, exact <a refined test for radioactivity>

Examples of REFINED

1. She has become more refined in her painting technique.
2. He has very refined manners.
3. refined and elegant works of art

First Known Use of REFINED

1582

Related to REFINED

Synonyms

developed, evolved, forward, high, higher, improved, late, progressive, advanced

Antonyms

backward, low, lower, nonprogressive, primitive, retarded, rude, rudimentary, undeveloped

Related Words

precocious; full-blown, full-fledged, full-scale; aged, grown, mature, matured, perfected, ripe, ripened; civilized, educated, enhanced, enlightened; contemporary, current, cutting-edge, latest, leading-edge, mod, modern, new, newest, newfangled, new-fashioned, novel, now, present-day, recent, space-age, supermodern, ultramodern, up-to-date

Near Antonyms

green, immature, underdeveloped, undersized (also undersize), underweight, unripe, unripened; savage, uncivilized, uneducated; early, embryonic, germinal, primeval, primordial; antediluvian, antiquated, antique, dated, fusty, hoary, musty, Neanderthal (or Neandertal), obsolete, old, oldfangled, old-fashioned, old-time, out-of-date, outworn, passé, past

Rhymes with REFINED

affined, behind, confined, fly blind, inclined, in-kind, mankind, month's mind, night-blind, purblind, remind, rewind, sand-blind, snow-blind, spellbind, stone-blind, streamlined, unbind, unkind, unwind