Synonyms for Refine:

• n.

  •
  • boost,
  • revitalize,
  • optimization,
  • lift,
  • improve on.
  •
  • hone,
  • tan,
  • sharpen,
  • pulp,
  • treat.
  •complicate (noun)
  • complicate.
  •emend (noun)
  • emend.
  •fine-tune (noun)
  • fine-tune.
  •rectify (noun)
  • rectify.
  •refine (noun)
  • down.

• v.

  •better (verb)
  • out-shined,
  • out strip,
  • re-vamp,
  • ex-celling,
  • re formed,
  • pro-mote,
  • re forms,
  • re-vamped,
  • re-forms,
  • out-stripping,
  • re-fines,
  • sur-passes,
  • re vamp,
  • out stripping,
  • out-strip,
  • pro moting,
  • re forming,
  • out strips,
  • re fine,
  • re vamping,
  • sur passed,
  • be-sting,
  • re fines,
  • sur-passed,
  • ex celling,
  • re vamps,
  • out-shone,
  • sur passes,
  • re-vamps,
  • be sting,
  • out shine,
  • re-fining,
  • pro-moting,
  • ex-celled,
  • out-shining,
  • out shined,
  • out stripped,
  • out shone,
  • sur-pass,
  • out shining,
  • pro-motes,
  • out-stripped,
  • out shines,
  • re vamped,
  • re fined,
  • out-shine,
  • re-vamping,
  • out-shines,
  • sur-passing,
  • sur pass,
  • re-fine,
  • ex celled,
  • Re-forming,
  • out-strips,
  • re form.
  •change (verb)
  • refine.
  •civilize (verb)
  • in forming,
  • ethicized,
  • in-forms,
  • helps forward,
  • spiritualizes,
  • up lift,
  • re-claimed,
  • in-forming,
  • helped forward,
  • helping forward,
  • re claiming,
  • in forms,
  • ethicizing,
  • up lifting,
  • up lifts,
  • up-lift,
  • up-lifts,
  • ethicizes,
  • in form,
  • re claim,
  • up lifted,
  • re-claiming,
  • re claimed,
  • re claims,
  • up-lifting,
  • re-claims,
  • up-lifted.
  •clean (verb)
  • de odorizes,
  • de odorized,
  • absterges,
  • dis-infecting,
  • de odorizing,
  • shaking out,
  • de-odorizing,
  • routs out,
  • Elutriated,
  • dis infected,
  • tidies up,
  • absterging,
  • deterges,
  • dis-infects,
  • Deterged,
  • dis-infect,
  • shook out,
  • dis infects,
  • shakes out,
  • absterged,
  • routed out,
  • de-odorizes,
  • de odorize,
  • dis infecting,
  • dis-infected,
  • de-odorized,
  • elutriates,
  • dis infect,
  • de-odorize,
  • straightening up.
  •cleanse (verb)
  • depurgates,
  • re stored,
  • Re-store,
  • re stores,
  • re-stored,
  • re-storing,
  • re-stores,
  • depurgated,
  • re storing,
  • depurgating,
  • re store.
  •clear (verb)
  • un tying,
  • un-clogs,
  • un-loose,
  • dis entangling,
  • dis-encumbering,
  • un burdened,
  • un loose,
  • un clogging,
  • dis engaged,
  • un pack,
  • dis-entangled,
  • dis encumbers,
  • un packed,
  • dis-entangles,
  • dis-engage,
  • un-clogged,
  • un-loosed,
  • un-burdened,
  • un clog,
  • un load,
  • un loaded,
  • un loosing,
  • dis encumbering,
  • un looses,
  • un-pack,
  • dis engage,
  • un packs,
  • dis-entangling,
  • dis entangled,
  • un-clogging,
  • un-loaded,
  • dis engages,
  • dis engaging,
  • un-clog,
  • un-loosing,
  • dis entangles,
  • dis-entangle,
  • burnt off,
  • un burden,
  • un-burdening,
  • burning off,
  • dis-engages,
  • burns off,
  • un-burdens,
  • dis encumber,
  • un burdens,
  • un-tied,
  • dis entangle,
  • un-loads,
  • un-packed,
  • un-packs,
  • un packing,
  • un tied,
  • un-looses,
  • dis-encumbers,
  • dis-encumber,
  • un-load,
  • un loading,
  • unclogs,
  • un-loading,
  • dis encumbered,
  • un-burden,
  • burned off,
  • un loosed,
  • dis-engaging,
  • un loads,
  • un clogged,
  • un clogs,
  • un-packing,
  • un burdening,
  • dis-encumbered,
  • dis-engaged,
  • un-tying.
  •complete (verb)
  • called it a day,
  • rounds out,
  • dis-charges,
  • brought to fruition,
  • puts to bed,
  • brings to fruition,
  • did thoroughly,
  • call it day,
  • call day,
  • went through with,
  • doeth thoroughly,
  • calls a day,
  • doest thoroughly,
  • puts bed,
  • dis charged,
  • brought to maturity,
  • going whole hog,
  • calling it day,
  • calls day,
  • dis charge,
  • makes good,
  • going the limit,
  • putting bed,
  • carrying off,
  • brings fruition,
  • getting through,
  • bring fruition,
  • brought fruition,
  • dis-charge,
  • bringing fruition,
  • put bed,
  • calling a day,
  • does thoroughly,
  • gotten through,
  • sews up,
  • dis-charging,
  • brought maturity,
  • carries off,
  • doth thoroughly,
  • dis charging,
  • goes limit,
  • gets through,
  • bring maturity,
  • went whole hog,
  • called a day,
  • dis charges,
  • goes through with,
  • bringing to maturity,
  • bringing maturity,
  • calling day,
  • putting to bed,
  • calling it a day,
  • dost thoroughly,
  • brings to maturity,
  • calls it a day,
  • went the limit,
  • called day,
  • called it day,
  • goes the limit,
  • goes whole hog,
  • go limit,
  • going through with,
  • doing thoroughly,
  • going limit,
  • sewing up,
  • calls it day,
  • dis-charged,
  • gat through,
  • went limit,
  • didst thoroughly,
  • brings maturity.
  •cultivate (verb)
  • gets on good side of,
  • got with,
  • gat in with,
  • gets in with,
  • ran after,
  • sucking to,
  • played up to,
  • sucks up to,
  • taking pains with,
  • shining up to,
  • takes pains with,
  • shone to,
  • got next to,
  • got good side of,
  • getting next to,
  • shining to,
  • devoted oneself to,
  • playing to,
  • plays up to,
  • sucked to,
  • shines up to,
  • get good side of,
  • runs after,
  • getting good side of,
  • gotten with,
  • played to,
  • get with,
  • suck to,
  • play to,
  • shines to,
  • gotten good side of,
  • shined to,
  • gat with,
  • plays to,
  • shined up to,
  • sucking up to,
  • gotten in with,
  • getting in with,
  • sought friendship,
  • seeks friendship,
  • shone up to,
  • getting on good side of,
  • gat on good side of,
  • devotes to,
  • got in with,
  • gets good side of,
  • seeking friendship,
  • sucked up to,
  • gotten on good side of,
  • gets next to,
  • devoting to,
  • gat good side of,
  • sucks to,
  • got on good side of,
  • getting with,
  • devoting oneself to,
  • gotten next to,
  • gat next to,
  • devotes oneself to,
  • took pains with,
  • gets with,
  • playing up to.
  •develop (verb)
  • un-fold,
  • ex tended,
  • ex-tends,
  • ex tending,
  • ex tend,
  • un folding,
  • un folded,
  • ex tends,
  • un-folding,
  • un folds,
  • un-folds,
  • ex-tending,
  • ex-tend,
  • un-folded,
  • ex-tended,
  • un fold.
  •distill (verb)
  • cutting to the bone,
  • get meat,
  • ex-pressing,
  • co-oking,
  • ex-tracts,
  • cutting bone,
  • cut the bone,
  • cuts to the bone,
  • dis till,
  • dis tilled,
  • dis tilling,
  • gat the meat,
  • ex pressed,
  • getting to meat,
  • in fuse,
  • dis-tilled,
  • got to the meat,
  • gets to meat,
  • cutting the bone,
  • gets the meat,
  • presses out,
  • ex-tract,
  • boiling down,
  • cutting to bone,
  • pressed out,
  • ex tract,
  • dis-tills,
  • in-fuse,
  • boiled down,
  • in-fuses,
  • ex pressing,
  • gat to the meat,
  • gets to the meat,
  • dis tills,
  • squeezes out,
  • in fuses,
  • got meat,
  • gotten to the meat,
  • cut bone,
  • in fused,
  • getting the meat,
  • dis-till,
  • gotten to meat,
  • got the meat,
  • in-fused,
  • squeezed out,
  • cuts the bone,
  • getting meat,
  • gat to meat,
  • gets meat,
  • cuts to bone,
  • in-fusing,
  • got to meat,
  • get the meat,
  • co oking,
  • ex-press,
  • in fusing,
  • gotten the meat,
  • co oked,
  • gat meat,
  • cuts bone,
  • co-oked,
  • gotten meat,
  • ex press,
  • dis-tilling,
  • getting to the meat.
  •elaborate (verb)
  • de-vise,
  • de vised,
  • dis-cuss,
  • ex-pound,
  • de-vised,
  • de vising,
  • be-decks,
  • be-decked,
  • dis cussed,
  • pro-duces,
  • pro duces,
  • de vise,
  • de-vising,
  • dis cussing,
  • dis-cusses,
  • be deck,
  • be decks,
  • be-decking,
  • fleshes out,
  • dis-cussed,
  • ex pound,
  • dis-cussing,
  • ex pounding,
  • ex-pounding,
  • ex pounds,
  • be decking,
  • be decked,
  • ex-pounds,
  • ex-pounded,
  • dis cuss,
  • ex pounded,
  • dis cusses,
  • pro duce,
  • be-deck.
  •elevate (verb)
  • ex citing,
  • ex cite,
  • in spiring,
  • in-spiring,
  • in spired,
  • in-spired,
  • in spire,
  • ex-cited,
  • in-spire,
  • ex-cites,
  • ex cited,
  • in spires,
  • ex-cite,
  • in-spires,
  • ex cites.
  •enrich (verb)
  • jacked up,
  • jacks up,
  • end owing,
  • up-grade,
  • up graded,
  • hiking up,
  • hops up,
  • souping up,
  • making rich,
  • pyramidding,
  • pyramidded,
  • makes rich,
  • poured it on,
  • pours it on,
  • up-grades,
  • running up,
  • pours on,
  • pouring on,
  • hiked up,
  • up-grading,
  • up grades,
  • end owed,
  • ran up,
  • up grade,
  • end-owed,
  • hopping up,
  • end-owing,
  • jazzes up,
  • jazzed up,
  • up-graded,
  • made rich,
  • poured on,
  • up grading,
  • jazzing up,
  • jacking up,
  • soups up,
  • pouring it on,
  • hikes up.
  •explain (verb)
  • makes plain,
  • ex plain,
  • de ciphers,
  • throwing light upon,
  • un-ravelled,
  • breaks down,
  • de cipher,
  • ex-plained,
  • ex-plain,
  • de-scribe,
  • de fines,
  • puts in plain english,
  • goes into detail,
  • de-ciphering,
  • ex plicating,
  • making plain,
  • throws light up on,
  • re solves,
  • threw light up on,
  • sets right,
  • dis closes,
  • put plain english,
  • de scribe,
  • de-fining,
  • ex plicates,
  • de scribing,
  • de fined,
  • putting in plain english,
  • go in to detail,
  • un ravel,
  • de-scribing,
  • went in to detail,
  • un-tangling,
  • un-tangle,
  • re-solved,
  • dis closing,
  • re-veal,
  • trans-lated,
  • un-ravel,
  • goes in to detail,
  • going in to detail,
  • putting across,
  • dis-close,
  • re solve,
  • para phrases,
  • ex-plains,
  • puts plain english,
  • de scribes,
  • un tangles,
  • de-ciphered,
  • putting plain english,
  • ex plicate,
  • un-raveled,
  • de fine,
  • de-fines,
  • para-phrasing,
  • de-fined,
  • dis-closing,
  • ex-plicates,
  • un-ravelling,
  • re-solves,
  • re-solve,
  • un raveled,
  • went into detail,
  • un tangling,
  • ex plains,
  • de-ciphers,
  • brake down,
  • throw light up on,
  • para phrase,
  • ex plained,
  • trans late,
  • ex-plaining,
  • un-ravels,
  • de ciphered,
  • para phrasing,
  • un ravels,
  • broke down,
  • re-solving,
  • ex-plicating,
  • un-tangled,
  • de-scribes,
  • un tangle,
  • re veals,
  • de-scribed,
  • para-phrase,
  • para-phrases,
  • re-veals,
  • un ravelling,
  • dis-closed,
  • un tangled,
  • de-cipher,
  • un-tangles,
  • throws light upon,
  • para phrased,
  • ex-plicate,
  • de scribed,
  • de fining,
  • dis-closes,
  • throwing light up on,
  • made plain,
  • dis closed,
  • ex plaining,
  • de ciphering,
  • un ravelled,
  • ex-plicated,
  • ex plicated,
  • going into detail,
  • threw light upon,
  • puts across,
  • un-raveling,
  • un raveling,
  • de-fine,
  • dis close,
  • para-phrased.
  •filter (verb)
  • metastasizes,
  • soaks through,
  • metastasizing,
  • osmosing,
  • soaking through,
  • Osmoses,
  • soaked through,
  • osmosed.
  •groom (verb)
  • licking into shape,
  • co aching,
  • puts through mill,
  • makes presentable,
  • shaping up,
  • re-fresh,
  • making presentable,
  • smartening up,
  • lick in to shape,
  • slicking up,
  • made presentable,
  • re-adies,
  • smartens up,
  • spiffing up,
  • co-aching,
  • Primming,
  • re freshes,
  • makes attractive,
  • co-ached,
  • rubbed down,
  • re adies,
  • putting through grind,
  • licks into shape,
  • making attractive,
  • rubbing down,
  • licking in to shape,
  • Primmed,
  • prettying up,
  • licked into shape,
  • made attractive,
  • licks in to shape,
  • re fresh,
  • pretties up,
  • prettied up,
  • licked in to shape,
  • rubs down,
  • puts through grind,
  • co ached,
  • spiffs up,
  • slicks up,
  • re-freshes,
  • shapes up,
  • putting through mill.
  •improve (verb)
  • advance,
  • renovate,
  • further,
  • embellish,
  • progress,
  • correct,
  • garnish,
  • enhance,
  • upgrade.
  •perfect (verb)
  • puts finishing touch on,
  • putting finishing touch on.
  •perfect, polish (verb)
  • temper,
  • make clear,
  • sleek,
  • slick.
  •polish (verb)
  • made improvement,
  • makes improvement,
  • making improvement.
  •process (verb)
  • pre-pared,
  • pre pared,
  • pre-pare,
  • pro-cesses,
  • trans formed,
  • pro cess,
  • pro cesses,
  • pre-paring,
  • pro-cessing,
  • trans-formed,
  • pro cessing,
  • trans forming,
  • trans form,
  • taking care of,
  • pro-cess,
  • pre pare,
  • pro cessed,
  • trans forms,
  • makes ready,
  • pre paring,
  • trans-forms,
  • pro-cessed,
  • trans-forming,
  • pre pares,
  • trans-form.
  •proofread (verb)
  • re-phrase,
  • blue-pencilled,
  • re phrased,
  • re arranging,
  • re-phrased,
  • re arrange,
  • bluepenciled,
  • bluepencilled,
  • re phrase,
  • blue pencilled,
  • re-arranges,
  • removing errors,
  • blue penciled,
  • re-arranged,
  • re-phrasing,
  • blue-pencilling,
  • re phrases,
  • bluepencils,
  • blue-penciled,
  • re-arranging,
  • blue penciling,
  • blue pencilling,
  • re-phrases,
  • bluepencilling,
  • removes errors,
  • bluepencil,
  • re-arrange,
  • re phrasing,
  • re arranged,
  • re arranges,
  • blue pencils,
  • bluepenciling,
  • removed errors.
  •purify (verb)
  • clarify,
  • sterilize,
  • sanitize,
  • purge,
  • Disinfect.
  •round (verb)
  • re curved,
  • re curving,
  • re-curve,
  • re curves,
  • re-curving,
  • re-curves,
  • re curve,
  • whorling,
  • recurves,
  • re-curved.
  •smooth (verb)
  • made uniform,
  • makes uniform,
  • making uniform.
  •sublimate (verb)
  • up holding,
  • up-holds,
  • up hold,
  • up-held,
  • up-holding,
  • up held,
  • up-hold,
  • up holds.
  •thin (verb)
  • re-duce,
  • de creased,
  • de-creasing,
  • de creases,
  • de crease,
  • re duce,
  • dis-perse,
  • de creasing,
  • weeded out,
  • re duces,
  • weeds out,
  • de-creases,
  • de-crease,
  • re-duces,
  • de-creased,
  • dis perse.
  •unblock (verb)
  • un blocks,
  • un-block,
  • un blocking,
  • un-blocking,
  • un blocked,
  • un block,
  • un-blocks,
  • un-blocked.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • weatherize,
  • improve onorupon,
  • humanize,
  • sublimate.
  •
  • work up.
  •
  • perfect.
  •civilize
  • spiritualize,
  • Educating,
  • help forward,
  • Spiritualized,
  • Spiritualizing,
  • ethicize,
  • re-claim.
  •clean
  • tidy up,
  • edulcorates,
  • straightened up,
  • Edulcorating,
  • edulcorate,
  • shake out,
  • rout out,
  • hackles,
  • winnowing,
  • shampoo,
  • deterge,
  • Hackled,
  • hackle,
  • winnow,
  • expunge,
  • Elutriate,
  • Shampooed,
  • shampoos,
  • Deterging,
  • Elutriating,
  • Edulcorated,
  • vacuumed,
  • tidied up,
  • Soaped,
  • vacuuming,
  • straighten up,
  • soap,
  • tidying up,
  • Absterge,
  • straightens up,
  • clear decks,
  • Soaping,
  • Shampooing,
  • Hackling,
  • routing out.
  •complete
  • round out,
  • ultimates,
  • put to bed,
  • rounded out,
  • bring to maturity,
  • go through with,
  • do thoroughly,
  • makes up,
  • call it a day,
  • sewed up,
  • Ultimating,
  • carry off,
  • carried off,
  • go the limit,
  • bringing to fruition,
  • get through,
  • making good,
  • rounding out,
  • bring to fruition,
  • sew up,
  • call a day,
  • Ultimated,
  • go whole hog,
  • got through,
  • made good,
  • make good.
  •copyedit
  • proofread.
  •elevate
  • elevated,
  • lift up,
  • lifts up,
  • perked up,
  • inspires,
  • lifting up,
  • lifted up.
  •enliven
  • tune up.
  •improve
  • recover,
  • update,
  • come around,
  • make strides,
  • straightened out,
  • turn the corner,
  • straightening out,
  • doctor up,
  • re-cover,
  • recuperate,
  • straighten out.
  •perfect
  • slicks,
  • put finishing touch on,
  • slicked,
  • Slicking.
  •proofread
  • blue-pencil,
  • blue-pencils,
  • blue-penciling,
  • blue pencil,
  • remove errors.
  •purify
  • aerify,
  • rarifies,
  • rarify,
  • lustrate,
  • aerifies,
  • fumigate,
  • expiates,
  • rarified,
  • rarifying.
  •round
  • recurve,
  • whorled,
  • rounding,
  • recurved,
  • recurving.
  •smooth
  • sands,
  • make uniform,
  • sand,
  • Planing,
  • Sanding,
  • ironing,
  • Sanded,
  • Planed.

Paraphrases for Refine:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    refined.
  • Proper noun, singular
    refining.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    healthier, perfect, further, well-developed.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    ameliorating, bettering, polishing.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    enhances.
  • Verb, base form
    redefine, hone, lay, streamline, defining, optimize, ameliorate, deepen, delineate, augment, readjust, delimit, perfect, amend, Amending, rationalize, realign, pinpoint, optimise, rectify, modify, broaden, articulate, reshape, finalise, re-engineer, demarcate, revamp, restrain, narrow, polish, ascertain, reorient, confine, revisit.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    fine-tune, Perfecting.
  • Verb, base form
    fine-tuning, fine-tune, sharpen, re-define, reinforce, further.

Antonyms for Refine:

• v.

  • perfect, polish
    aggravate, agitate, upset.
  • purify
    pollute, ruin, corrupt, dirty.
  • Other antonyms:
    tarnish, blight, impair, damage, blemish, reduce, mar, diminish, worsen, spoil, Endamage, hurt, flaw, vitiate, harm, lower.

Homophones for Refine:

• repine, revenue, ribbon, ruffian, ripen, ribbony, robinia, riffian, rapine, reopen, reuben, raven, rivina, robin, ravenna, ravine, rope in, rpm.

Hyponym for Refine:

• v.

  • change
    attenuate, change, process, modify, alter, treat.