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