Synonyms and Antonyms of refinement
- the recent refinements in this area of medical technology
amelioration, boost, heightening, increase, melioration, strengthening, upgrade, uplift, upswing, uptrend, upturn
betterment, development, elaboration, evolution, expansion, gestation, growth, maturation, perfection, ripening
civilization, edification, education, enlightenment
hindrance, impediment, stumbling block
decadence, decay, declension, decline, decrease, degeneration, descent, deterioration, diminishment, downgrade, ebbing, failing, flagging, languishment, lapse, lessening, reduction, sinking, slowing, weakening, worsening
detriment, disablement, drawback, glitch, impairment, shortcoming
- had a sense of refinement that her small hometown couldn't satisfy, so she moved to New York City to be closer to great museums and concert halls
- although she can afford all the jewelry that money can buy, she dresses with the gentle refinement that only taste can bestow
augustness, brilliance, gloriousness, glory, grandeur, grandness, lavishness, luxuriance, luxuriousness, luxury, magnificence, nobility, nobleness, opulence, ornateness, plushiness, plushness, resplendence, resplendency, richness, splendor, sumptuousness
artfulness, chic, polish, sophistication, taste, tastefulness
choiceness, classicism, dignity, exquisiteness, restraint, simplicity