refined

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

adj. well-bred, cultivated, polished; pure; subtle. See elegance, courtesy, taste, purity.

II

(Roget's IV) modif.

1. [Purified]

Syn. cleaned, cleansed, aerated, strained, filtered, washed, clean, rarefied, boiled down, distilled, clarified, tried, drained, elutriated, processed; see also pure 2 .

Ant. raw*, crude, unrefined.

2. [Genteel]

Syn. cultivated, civilized, polished, elegant, urbane, well-bred, gracious, enlightened, free from coarseness, courtly, mannerly, suave, gentlemanly, ladylike, restrained, gentle, mannerly, high-minded, cultured, subtle, discriminating, polite, courteous; see also polite 1 .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.

1. cultivated cultured, polished, perfected, finished, civilized, genteel, gentlemanly, courtly, ladylike, polite, well-bred, elegant.

2. cleaned purified, washed, filtered, strained, processed, clarified, distilled.

ANT.: 1. unrefined, coarse, crude. 2. unrefined, unpure, rough, raw

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Characterized by discriminating taste and broad knowledge as a result of development or education: civilized, cultivated, cultured, educated, polished, urbane, well-bred. See CULTURE. 2. So slight as to be difficult to notice or appreciate: delicate, fine1, finespun, nice, subtle. See BIG.