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Polished
[pol-isht] 
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polish
[pol-ish]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shine, buff |
| Synonyms: | brighten, burnish, clean, finish, furbish, glaze, gloss, rub, scour, scrub, sleek, slick, smooth, wax |
| Antonyms: | dull, roughen |
| Main Entry: | polished |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bright |
| Synonyms: | gleaming, glistening, glossy, shining, shiny |
| Main Entry: | polished |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | refined |
| Synonyms: | cultured, polite, privileged, well-born, well-bred |
| Main Entry: | polished |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | referring to writing or speech |
| Synonyms: | elaborate, elegant, ornate, perfected |
| Main Entry: | polished |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | well executed |
| Synonyms: | accomplished, excellent, flawless, impeccable, masterful, masterly, skilled, skillful |
| Main Entry: | polished |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | elegant |
| Synonyms: | bright, buffed, burnished, cavalier, courteous, courtly, couth, cultivated, diplomatic, glistening, polite, politic, refined, shiny, smooth, suave, tactful, urbane |
| Antonyms: | unpolished |
| Main Entry: | accomplished |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | skilled in activity |
| Synonyms: | able, adept, brainy, consummate, cool*, cultivated, expert, gifted, hep, hip*, masterly, polished, practiced, proficient, savvy, sharp, skillful, talented, wised up, with it |
| Antonyms: | inept, inexpert, unable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | adjust |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mechanically alter, especially to |
| Synonyms: | align, balance, bring into line, calibrate, connect, correct, fine-tune, fit, fix, focus, grind, improve, improve accommodate, mend, overhaul, polish, put in working order, readjust, rectify, regulate, renovate, repair, service, set, sharpen, square, tighten, troubleshoot, tune up |
| Antonyms: | derange, disarrange, unsuit |
| Main Entry: | aristocratic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | privileged, elegant |
| Synonyms: | aloof, blue-blooded, courtly, dignified, elegant, elite, fine, haughty, noble, patrician, polished, refined, snobbish, stylish, upper-class, well-born, well-bred |
| Antonyms: | low-born, low-life, poor, unprivileged, vulgar, wanting |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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