Thesaurus / re fining
FEEDBACK- as inbroadening
- as inhumanizing
- as inrefining
- as incivilizing
- as inedifying
- as inenlightening
- as incultural
- as indistillation
- as inimprove
- as inperfect
- as inpolish
- as inprocess
- as inproofread
- as inpurify
- as inrefine
- as inrefine
- as inround
- as insmooth
- as instrain
- as inthin
- as inbetter
- as inhumanize
- as insensitize
- as insublimate
- as incivilize
- as inlustrate
- as inclarify
- as inclean
- as incleanse
- as inclear
- as inrarefy
- as inunblock
- as incomplete
- as incultivate
- as incultivate
- as indevelop
- as indistill
- as inelaborate
- as inelevate
- as inenrich
- as inexplain
- as infile
- as infilter
- as infinish
- as ingroom
synonyms for re fining
synonyms for re fining
- civilizing
- distillation
- improving
- cleaning
- clarifying
- honing
- sharpening
- elevating
- focusing
- perfecting
- cultivating
- polishing
- improving
- inspiring
- illuminating
- refining
- cultural
- educational
- educative
- illuminative
- instructional
- instructive
- uplifting
- informative
- instructional
- instructive
- broadening
- civilizing
- edifying
- humanizing
- refining
- learned
- cultural
- educative
- illuminative
- scholarly
- enriching
- uplifting
- scholastic
- artistic
- beneficial
- broadening
- constructive
- corrective
- helpful
- humane
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- influential
- instructive
- learned
- liberal
- nurturing
- refined
- refining
- stimulating
- civilizing
- edifying
- educative
- developmental
- uplifting
- adorning
- advancing
- beautifying
- dignifying
- disciplining
- elevating
- enriching
- expanding
- inspirational
- liberalizing
- ornamenting
- polishing
- promoting
- raising
- regenerative
- socializing
- widening
- advance
- upgrade
- develop
- help
- reform
- rise
- recover
- revamp
- increase
- lift
- progress
- better
- enhance
- promote
- boost
- correct
- revise
- raise
- polish
- augment
- rectify
- amend
- edit
- recuperate
- purify
- update
- civilize
- rally
- elevate
- emend
- refine
- skyrocket
- convalesce
- mend
- ameliorate
- cultivate
- sharpen
- meliorate
- gain ground
- look up
- perk up
- pick up
- take off
- touch up
- come around
- doctor up
- make strides
- set right
- shape up
- straighten out
- turn the corner
- hone
- accomplish
- develop
- refine
- cultivate
- carry out
- realize
- improve
- finish
- complete
- perform
- crown
- elaborate
- idealize
- smooth
- slick
- effect
- consummate
- fulfill
- ameliorate
- round
- put finishing touch on
- perfect
- correct
- finish
- amend
- furbish
- smooth
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- better
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- mature
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- round
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- make improvement
- convert
- handle
- prepare
- dispose of
- transform
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- alter
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- fulfill
- concoct
- deal with
- make ready
- take care of
- cut
- edit
- correct
- rearrange
- rephrase
- refine
- analyze
- check
- revise
- delete
- go over
- strike out
- blue-pencil
- remove errors
- absolve
- atone
- wash
- lustrate
- fumigate
- expiate
- purge
- decontaminate
- sanitize
- exculpate
- aerate
- oxygenate
- clarify
- redeem
- shrive
- cleanse
- exonerate
- chasten
- sublimate
- deodorize
- sanctify
- clear
- disinfect
- remit
- filter
- clean
- refine
- deterge
- rarify
- edulcorate
- aerify
- depurate
- elutriate
- hone
- clarify
- cultivate
- civilize
- improve
- explain
- smooth
- slick
- sleek
- better
- elevate
- temper
- round
- make clear
- bend
- loop
- perfect
- convolute
- form
- curve
- whorl
- smooth
- slick
- arch
- sleek
- crook
- shape
- refine
- coil
- polish
- curl
- bow
- mold
- recurve
- flatten
- even
- perfect
- varnish
- burnish
- level
- grade
- clear
- gloss
- glaze
- slick
- sleek
- plane
- refine
- iron
- flush
- press
- polish
- round
- lay
- sand
- make uniform
- trim
- prune
- irrigate
- decrease
- refine
- diminish
- weaken
- shave
- cut
- lace
- doctor
- edit
- attenuate
- needle
- reduce
- rarefy
- water
- disperse
- spike
- cook
- extenuate
- expand
- delete
- cut back
- water down
- emaciate
- weed out
- advance
- exceed
- raise
- beat
- excel
- surpass
- enhance
- correct
- transcend
- cap
- help
- reform
- amend
- top
- rectify
- revamp
- forward
- outshine
- refine
- outstrip
- further
- mend
- ameliorate
- promote
- meliorate
- best
- ennoble
- acquaint
- sophisticate
- tame
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- enlighten
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- educate
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- elevate
- acculturate
- enrich
- indoctrinate
- better
- inform
- instruct
- foster
- polish
- cultivate
- promote
- uplift
- reclaim
- improve
- spiritualize
- ethicize
- help forward
- atone
- wash
- fumigate
- expiate
- filter
- decontaminate
- sanitize
- disinfect
- exculpate
- aerate
- oxygenate
- clarify
- redeem
- shrive
- cleanse
- exonerate
- chasten
- sublimate
- deodorize
- sanctify
- clear
- absolve
- remit
- purge
- clean
- refine
- deterge
- rarify
- edulcorate
- aerify
- depurate
- elutriate
- bathe
- scrub
- clear up
- soak
- dredge
- spruce up
- mop
- flush
- pick up
- scrape
- sweep
- wash
- disinfect
- brush
- vacuum
- dust
- cleanse
- wipe
- rinse
- pick
- winnow
- bath
- sponge
- erase
- refine
- polish
- scald
- blot
- swab
- lave
- sterilize
- sanitize
- rasp
- neaten
- soap
- expurgate
- rake
- cauterize
- launder
- clarify
- scour
- whisk
- deodorize
- expunge
- purify
- purge
- clear the decks
- do up
- deterge
- edulcorate
- hackle
- shampoo
- absterge
- depurate
- elutriate
- rout out
- shake out
- straighten up
- tidy up
- purge
- restore
- disinfect
- sanitize
- scrub
- expurgate
- clear
- purify
- absolve
- launder
- clarify
- sterilize
- refine
- clean
- lustrate
- rinse
- scour
- depurgate
- clarify
- erase
- open
- eliminate
- free
- loosen
- unloose
- tidy
- sweep
- extricate
- unblock
- refine
- vacate
- ameliorate
- rid
- cleanse
- brighten
- untie
- lighten
- empty
- disentangle
- void
- unpack
- wipe
- unload
- purify
- unburden
- meliorate
- disengage
- disencumber
- lose
- break up
- rule out
- shake off
- throw off
- unclog
- burn off
- attenuate
- trim
- shave
- lace
- reduce
- decrease
- disperse
- weaken
- cut
- doctor
- irrigate
- spike
- needle
- water
- cook
- diminish
- expand
- prune
- edit
- extenuate
- delete
- refine
- cut back
- water down
- emaciate
- weed out
- ameliorate
- disentangle
- loosen
- unloose
- tidy
- sweep
- extricate
- erase
- void
- vacate
- rid
- open
- unpack
- brighten
- untie
- eliminate
- meliorate
- empty
- lighten
- free
- clarify
- cleanse
- wipe
- unload
- purify
- unburden
- disengage
- disencumber
- lose
- refine
- break up
- rule out
- shake off
- throw off
- unclog
- burn off
- do
- execute
- finish
- end
- halt
- finalize
- conclude
- perform
- develop
- wrap up
- settle
- accomplish
- determine
- close
- realize
- achieve
- perfect
- crown
- equip
- effectuate
- actualize
- elaborate
- cap
- terminate
- effect
- supplement
- consummate
- refine
- fulfill
- discharge
- furnish
- fill
- make up
- round off
- ultimate
- wind up
- bring to fruition
- bring to maturity
- call it a day
- carry off
- do thoroughly
- get through
- go the limit
- go through with
- go whole hog
- make good
- put to bed
- round out
- sew up
- bolster
- nourish
- develop
- enrich
- encourage
- refine
- cherish
- promote
- improve
- discipline
- advance
- court
- better
- elevate
- foster
- train
- nurse
- ameliorate
- further
- polish
- nurture
- civilize
- bring on
- brownnose
- butter up
- get in with
- get next to
- get on good side of
- play up to
- run after
- seek friendship
- shine up to
- suck up to
- take pains with
- educate
- raise
- pursue
- encourage
- refine
- cherish
- promote
- improve
- foster
- help
- support
- patronize
- better
- forward
- instruct
- train
- aid
- further
- ameliorate
- teach
- nurse
- rear
- devote oneself to
- perfect
- evolve
- advance
- strengthen
- broaden
- exploit
- spread
- refine
- build up
- deepen
- cultivate
- promote
- intensify
- realize
- improve
- extend
- materialize
- finish
- widen
- magnify
- augment
- dilate
- stretch
- enrich
- elaborate
- enlarge
- lengthen
- beautify
- unfold
- actualize
- polish
- heighten
- amplify
- infuse
- extract
- refine
- condense
- trim
- drop
- rectify
- cook
- cut
- vaporize
- rarefy
- ferment
- precipitate
- express
- evaporate
- clarify
- concentrate
- press
- dribble
- sublimate
- volatilize
- purify
- drip
- brew
- trickle
- steam
- cut down
- boil down
- cut to the bone
- get to the meat
- press out
- squeeze out
- comment
- deck
- expatiate
- refine
- polish
- complicate
- develop
- particularize
- explain
- ornament
- enlarge
- devise
- specify
- garnish
- improve
- evolve
- embellish
- clarify
- produce
- unfold
- discuss
- interpret
- amplify
- expound
- bedeck
- decorate
- enhance
- work out
- flesh out
- excite
- uplift
- boost
- inspire
- refine
- glorify
- elate
- sublimate
- brighten
- hearten
- cheer
- exhilarate
- animate
- rouse
- bring up
- perk up
- buoy up
- lift up
- upgrade
- develop
- augment
- supplement
- refine
- enhance
- cultivate
- endow
- parlay
- pyramid
- sweeten
- ornament
- up
- better
- pad
- build
- spike
- ameliorate
- adorn
- grace
- aggrandize
- decorate
- beef up
- build up
- figure in
- step up
- flesh out
- hike up
- hop up
- jack up
- jazz up
- make rich
- pour it on
- run up
- soup up
- disclose
- reveal
- analyze
- expound
- read
- illustrate
- describe
- define
- spell out
- clarify
- resolve
- solve
- demonstrate
- point out
- tell
- interpret
- justify
- untangle
- paraphrase
- diagram
- render
- rationalize
- elucidate
- manifest
- annotate
- excuse
- unravel
- refine
- unfold
- explicate
- teach
- translate
- decipher
- construe
- account for
- bring out
- clear up
- get across
- break down
- go into detail
- make plain
- put across
- put in plain English
- set right
- throw light upon
- permeate
- drain
- clean
- leak
- winnow
- sift
- refine
- percolate
- penetrate
- trickle
- dribble
- clarify
- screen
- purify
- distill
- strain
- ooze
- escape
- sieve
- exude
- filtrate
- metastasize
- osmose
- soak through
- educate
- comb
- prim
- tend
- prime
- coach
- drill
- curry
- tidy
- refresh
- sleek
- train
- refine
- clean
- primp
- ready
- nurture
- preen
- dress
- brush
- spruce up
- turn out
- prep
- lick into shape
- make attractive
- make presentable
- pretty up
- put through grind
- put through mill
- rub down
- shape up
- slick up
- smarten up
- spiff up
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