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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | delicate |
| Synonyms: | elegant, exquisite, fine, graceful, nice, polished, refined, sophisticated, subtle |
| Main Entry: | nice |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | precise, neat, refined |
| Synonyms: | accurate, becoming, befitting, careful, choosy, conforming, correct, critical, cultured, dainty, decent, delicate, discerning, discriminating, distinguishing, exact, exacting, fastidious, fine, finespun, finical, finicking, finicky*, fussy*, genteel, hairsplitting, meticulous, minute, particular, persnickety*, picky*, proper, respectable, right, rigorous, scrupulous, seemly, squeamish, strict, subtle, tidy, trim, trivial*, virtuous, well-bred |
| Antonyms: | disordered, imprecise, unmannerly, unrefined |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | refined |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cultured, civilized |
| Synonyms: | aesthetic, civil, classy*, courteous, courtly, cultivated, delicate, discerning, discriminating, elegant, enlightened, exact, fastidious, fine, finespun, genteel, gracious, high-brow, high-minded, nice, plush, polished, polite, posh, precise, punctilious, restrained, ritzy, sensitive, snazzy, sophisticated, spiffy, suave, sublime, subtle, swanky*, tasteful, urbane, well-bred, well-mannered |
| Antonyms: | uncivilized, uncultured, unrefined, unsophisticated |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | subtle |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nice, quiet, delicate |
| Synonyms: | attenuate, attenuated, deep, discriminating, ethereal, exquisite, faint, fine, finespun, hairline, hairsplitting, illusive, implied, inconspicuous, indirect, indistinct, inferred, ingenious, insinuated, mental, penetrating, profound, refined, slight, sophisticated, suggestive, tenuous, thin, understated |
| Antonyms: | hard, harsh, noisy, unsubtle |
| Main Entry: | fine |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dainty, delicate; sheer |
| Synonyms: | diaphanous, ethereal, exquisite, filmy, fine-drawn, fine-grained, fine-spun, flimsy, fragile, gauzy, gossamer, gossamery, granular, impalpable, light, lightweight, little, loose, minute, porous, powdered, powdery, pulverized, quality, slender, small, thin, threadlike, transparent |
| Antonyms: | coarse, rough, thick |
| Main Entry: | fine |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | discriminating, exact |
| Synonyms: | abstruse, acute, clear, critical, cryptic, delicate, distinct, enigmatic, esoteric, fastidious, fine-spun, hairline, hairsplitting, intelligent, keen, minute, nice, obscure, petty, precise, pure, quick, recondite, refined, sensitive, sharp, sterling, strict, subtle, tasteful, tenuous, trifling, unadulterated, unpolluted |
| Antonyms: | awkward, crude, uncouth, undiscriminating, unrefined |
| Main Entry: | pulverous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fine |
| Synonyms: | diaphanous, dusty, ethereal, exquisite, filmy, fine-drawn, fine-grained, fine-spun, flimsy, fragile, gauzy, gossamer, gossamery, granular, impalpable, light, lightweight, little, loose, minute, porous, powdered, powdery, pulverized, pulverulent, quality, slender, small, thin, threadlike, transparent |
| Main Entry: | pulverulent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fine |
| Synonyms: | diaphanous, dusty, ethereal, exquisite, filmy, fine-drawn, fine-grained, fine-spun, flimsy, fragile, gauzy, gossamer, gossamery, granular, impalpable, light, lightweight, little, loose, minute, porous, powdered, powdery, pulverized, pulverous, quality, slender, small, thin, threadlike, transparent |
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