Synonyms of refining

refining

verb

present participle of refine

as in improving

to make better

worked on refining her backhand before the big tennis match

Synonyms & Similar Words

• improving
• enhancing
• perfecting
• upgrading
• amending
• helping
• enriching
• remediating
• remedying
• ameliorating
• bettering
• reinforcing
• correcting
• revising
• strengthening
• meliorating
• rectifying
• reforming
• editing
• rehabilitating
• intensifying
• reworking
• refurbishing
• polishing
• honing
• revamping
• fine-tuning
• redrafting
• boosting
• fining
• fortifying
• emending
• rehabbing
• beefing (up)
• retouching
• touching up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• worsening
• impairing
• damaging
• hurting
• harming
• injuring
• reducing
• tarnishing
• spoiling
• vitiating
• disfiguring
• diminishing
• marring
• lowering
• defacing
• blighting
• lessening
• endamaging
• flawing
• blemishing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of refining

From tailored button-downs to cargo pants and jumpsuits, Aniston proves that repeating versatile basics and refining your personal uniform is the key to mastering quiet luxury style. — Samantha Sutton, InStyle, 22 July 2026

Finance chiefs spend months refining the narrative, sharpening the metrics, and testing the waters with institutional investors to gauge whether the investment case will hold up once the market opens. — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 22 July 2026

The chapters started flying back and forth, each of us editing and refining the other’s work. — Scott Westerfeld, PEOPLE, 19 July 2026

Rather than reinventing itself, the restaurant has focused on refining what already works while maintaining the neighborhood atmosphere that has kept regulars coming back. — Evan Moore july 17, Charlotte Observer, 17 July 2026

Coverage from the Sacramento Bee describes the practice as a normalized coping hobby for perimenopausal women who piece together regimens around their most disruptive symptoms, often documenting and refining them through peer-to-peer advice. — Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 July 2026

But refining Ohtani’s mechanics will also be vital to keeping his knee from becoming an issue again. — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026

Yet Alpine’s new architecture has been developed entirely without building expensive prototypes and refining them with any track testing until this point. — New Atlas, 15 July 2026

This book shows the importance of persistence when refining a skill and remaining true to oneself. — Brooke Harris Garad, The Conversation, 14 July 2026