Definition for Refinement:

• a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality; " they performed with great polish"; " I admired the exquisite refinement of his prose"; " almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art"-- Joseph Conrad

Synonyms for Refinement:

• n.

  •
  • the carbon cycle,
  • calcify,
  • behave,
  • balanced equation,
  • action,
  • clarification,
  • adsorb,
  • assay,
  • bond,
  • cleaning,
  • aerate,
  • draining,
  • behavior.
  •
  • urbanity,
  • gentleness,
  • savoir-faire,
  • gallantry,
  • chivalry.
  •
  • clean.
  •
  • quality.
  •
  • precise.
  •acumen (noun)
  • under-standings,
  • in-tuitions,
  • in-sight,
  • under-standing,
  • good tastes,
  • smartnesses,
  • in sights,
  • in tuitions,
  • in-tuition,
  • under standing,
  • in tuition,
  • under standings,
  • in-sights.
  •amenity (noun)
  • etiquette,
  • gratefulness,
  • mildness,
  • enjoyableness,
  • suavity,
  • Sweetness,
  • delightfulness.
  •beauty (noun)
  • loveliness,
  • gorgeousness,
  • pleasingness,
  • prettiness,
  • Splendidness,
  • Sightliness,
  • comeliness,
  • shapeliness,
  • superbness,
  • radiance,
  • exquisiteness,
  • glamour,
  • charm,
  • gracefulness,
  • handsomeness,
  • resplendence,
  • attractiveness,
  • picturesqueness,
  • Bonniness,
  • fairness,
  • splendor.
  •breeding (noun)
  • up-bringing,
  • rearings,
  • up bringing.
  •change (noun)
  • novelty,
  • transfiguration,
  • turnovers,
  • transubstantiation,
  • transformations,
  • vicissitude,
  • mutation,
  • variation,
  • transmogrification,
  • novelties,
  • turnover,
  • transition.
  •changes (noun)
  • shake up,
  • evolution,
  • alteration,
  • adjustment,
  • effect,
  • trend,
  • reform,
  • transformation.
  •civilisation (noun)
  • civilisation.
  •civility (noun)
  • civility.
  •civilization (noun)
  • social well-being.
  •classicism (noun)
  • pure tastes,
  • pro-portions,
  • atticisms,
  • grand styles,
  • pro-portion,
  • conventional formalities,
  • rationalisms,
  • formal styles,
  • ciceronianisms,
  • hellenisms,
  • neoclassicisms,
  • classicalisms,
  • pro portion,
  • pro portions,
  • high arts.
  •cleansing (noun)
  • Filtering,
  • rectification,
  • Detersion,
  • processing,
  • distillation.
  •courtesy (noun)
  • good behavior,
  • politesse,
  • courtliness,
  • comity,
  • graciousness,
  • Comities,
  • Gallantness,
  • Mannerliness.
  •cultivation (noun)
  • refined tastes,
  • aestheticisms.
  •cultivation, civilization (noun)
  • dignity,
  • fastidiousness,
  • fine tuning,
  • good manners,
  • fine point,
  • subtlety,
  • affability,
  • precision,
  • finesse,
  • delicacy,
  • knowledge,
  • fineness.
  •culture (noun)
  • science,
  • learning,
  • scholarship.
  •discrimination (noun)
  • Astucity.
  •distinction (noun)
  • dis semblances,
  • dis similarities,
  • dis-similarities,
  • dis similarity,
  • un likeness,
  • dis-similarity,
  • dis-semblance,
  • dis similitudes,
  • un likenesses,
  • othernesses,
  • dis-similitudes,
  • dis-similitude,
  • un-likeness,
  • dis similitude,
  • dis-semblances,
  • alterities,
  • dis semblance,
  • un-likenesses.
  •education (noun)
  • learnedness,
  • pedagogy,
  • in formation,
  • Pedagogics,
  • book learning,
  • apprenticeships,
  • apprenticeship,
  • drillings,
  • schooling,
  • inculcation,
  • Propagandism,
  • proselytism.
  •elegance (noun)
  • stylishness,
  • decorousness,
  • neatness.
  •elegancy (noun)
  • statelinesses.
  •enlightenment (noun)
  • broad mindedness,
  • broad mindednesses,
  • broad-mindednesses,
  • bodhis,
  • broadmindednesses,
  • open mindedness,
  • openmindedness.
  •erudition (noun)
  • intellectualities,
  • bookishnesses,
  • scholarlinesses,
  • studiousnesses.
  •feeling (noun)
  • empathy.
  •finish (noun)
  • sur-face,
  • sur face,
  • sur faces.
  •gentility (noun)
  • gentle birth,
  • upper crust,
  • high birth,
  • Gentlefolk,
  • ruling classes,
  • good family,
  • ruling class,
  • Gentlefolks,
  • Optimacy.
  •good manners (noun)
  • propriety.
  •grace (noun)
  • lithesomenesses,
  • lissomenesses.
  •politeness (noun)
  • suavenesses.
  •propriety (noun)
  • suitability,
  • seemliness,
  • decorum,
  • appropriateness,
  • fittingness,
  • correctness.
  •punctilio (noun)
  • proper behaviors.
  •purification (noun)
  • re generation,
  • re-births,
  • ex purgation,
  • dis infection,
  • bathings,
  • purifyings,
  • re generations,
  • ex-purgations,
  • re birth,
  • ex-purgation,
  • re births,
  • re-birth,
  • dis-infection,
  • disinfections,
  • re-generation,
  • sanctifications,
  • expiations,
  • lavings,
  • dis infections,
  • re-generations,
  • ex purgations,
  • dis-infections.
  •refinement (noun)
  • shade,
  • refining.
  •simplicity (noun)
  • crystallinity,
  • plainness,
  • artlessness,
  • terseness,
  • innocence,
  • bareness,
  • singleness,
  • spareness,
  • austerity,
  • candor,
  • unsophistication,
  • baldness,
  • clarity,
  • directness,
  • chastity.
  •sophistication (noun)
  • worldly wisdoms,
  • savoir vivres,
  • worldlinesses.
  •state (noun)
  • refinement.
  •style (noun)
  • Cosmopolitanism,
  • Dressiness.
  •tact (noun)
  • tactfulness,
  • horse sense,
  • delicatesse,
  • politicness.
  •taste (noun)
  • Purism,
  • class.
  •transfiguration (noun)
  • trans figurations,
  • trans figuration,
  • trans-figuration,
  • trans-figurations.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • artsy-fartsy,
  • selectivity,
  • courtesy,
  • arty,
  • insular,
  • selectiveness,
  • artsy,
  • good breeding.
  •
  • sophisticated,
  • highbrow.
  •
  • cosmopolitan,
  • artistic,
  • barbarian.

Paraphrases for Refinement:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    refining.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    refining.

• Forward Entailment

  • Adjective
    improvements.
  • Proper noun, singular
    improvement.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    refined, improved.
  • Proper noun, singular
    refinery, Refineries, improved.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    revision, elaboration, readjustment, streamlining, refresher, retrofitting, refinery, amendment, realignment.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    improvement, enhancement.
  • Proper noun, singular
    enhancement, improvements.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    sophistication, fine-tuning, improvement, Perfecting, adjustment, optimization, finalization, enhancement, finalisation, tuning, improvements, completion, modification.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    enhancement.

Antonyms for Refinement:

• n.

  • cleansing
    bad manners, rudeness, dirtying, corruption, pollution, crudeness.
  • cultivation, civilization
    tactlessness, roughness, impoliteness, discourtesy, inelegance, ignorance.
  • Other antonyms:
    flagging, kitsch, brutality, descent, boorishness, unsophistication, degeneration, philistinism, drawback, illiteracy, collapse, gracelessness, flamboyance, setback, decrease, decline, reduction, worsening, rusticity, declension, lapse, grossness, decadence, impairment, detriment, vulgarity, Clownishness, garishness, grotesqueness, tawdriness, barbarism, slowing, shortcoming, deterioration, Languishment, crash, stumbling block, ebbing, savagery, hindrance, breakdown, downgrade, glitz, decay, parochialism, lessening, weakening, grotesquerie, glitch, disablement, gaudiness, failing, sinking, provincialism, impediment, flashiness.

Refinement Sentence Examples:

• But it must be remembered that poor Thady had no refinement; how should he?

• I had no proper idea of the wealth, refinement, enterprise, and high civilization of this section of the country.

Homophones for Refinement:

• revenant, repaint, refined, repand, ribband, riband, refund, ribbonwood, ripened, rebound, repayment, repoint, rebind, robin hood, rabbinate, rawboned, repent.

Hyponym for Refinement:

• n.

  • state
    perfection, flawlessness, ne plus ultra.