Synonyms for Refining

Synonyms for "refining" (91 found)

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Closest matches (19)

Noun(7 words)

purification refinement calibration civilizing clarify clean cleansing

architecture assembly blazing blistering building burning calcination casting cineration combustion composition

Adjective(1 words)

civilizing influence

Strong matches (27)

Related words (45)

Noun(28 words)

improve improvement iterating modifyingmore civilizablenuanced optimization optimize optimizing perfecting polish polished polishing precision prettifyingpurification processpurificatory purify purifying refined

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revising reworking sandpapering separateseparation actionsophisticated sophistication tune

incineration making manufacture milling mining molding oxidation prefabrication preparation processing raising scorching self-immolation smelting suttee workmanship

Adjective(1 words)

incremental real-time algorithm

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

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More general

13 entries

activity descriptor development editing enhancement improvement operation practice processprocess descriptorprocessingquality adjectivetaste descriptor

More specific

26 entries

algorithm refinementalgorithmic refinementchemical purificationcultivated tastedata cleaningdesign improvementelegant styleexperimental refinementgold refininglanguage refinementlinguistic refinementmetal refiningmetals refiningmethodological refinementmodel refinementoil refining

Showing 16 of 26 words.

Collocations

14 entries

chemical refininggold refiningmetal refiningmetals refiningoil refiningpetroleum refiningrefining methodsrefining oilrefining processrefining stagerefining sugarrefining techniquerefining techniquessugar refining

Inflections

5 entries

more refiningmost refiningrefined refines refinings

Derivations

6 entries

refinable refine refined refinement refiner refiningly

Sample sentences

7 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Algeria has oil refining complexes.

Source: tatoeba (7859350)

Algeria wants to control its hydrocarbons refining, too.

Source: tatoeba (8588071)

Belarus derives export revenue by refining Russian crude and selling it at market prices.

Source: tatoeba (8907103)

Ships loaded with raw materials go to other nations for the complex process of refining or smelting.

Source: tatoeba (11715204)

Showing 4 of 7 available sentences.

Refining