Synonyms for polished
pol·ished

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1. polished

   Fine (Latin finis, end) denotes that which has been brought to a full end, finished. From this root-sense many derived meanings branch out, causing words quite remote from each other to be alike synonyms of fine. That which is truly finished, brought to an ideal end, is excellent of its kind, and beautiful, if a thing that admits of beauty; as, a fine house, fine trees, a fine woman, a fine morning; if a thing that admits of the removal of impurities, it is not finished till these are removed, and hence fine signifies clarified, clear, pure, refined; as, fine gold. That which is finished is apt to be polished, smooth to the touch, minutely exact in outline; hence fine comes to be a synonym for all words like dainty, delicate, exquisite; as, fine manners, a fine touch, fine perceptions. As that which is delicate is apt to be small, by an easy extension of meaning fine becomes a synonym for slender, slight, minute, comminuted; as, a fine thread, fine sand; or for filmy, tenuous, thin; as, a fine lace, fine wire; and as a thin edge is keen, sharp, fine becomes also a synonym for these words; as, a fine point, a fine edge. Compare BEAUTIFUL; MINUTE.

   Synonyms:
   beautiful, clarified, clear, comminuted, dainty, delicate, elegant, excellent, exquisite, fine, gauzy, handsome, keen, minute, nice, pure, refined, sensitive, sharp, slender, slight, small, smooth, splendid, subtile, subtle, tenuous, thin

   Antonyms:
   big, blunt, clumsy, coarse, great, heavy, huge, immense, large, rude, stout, thick

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1. polishedadjective

   perfected or made shiny and smooth

   "his polished prose"; "in a freshly ironed dress and polished shoes"; "freshly polished silver"

   Synonyms:
   urbane, milled, dressed, svelte, refined

   Antonyms:
   unpolished, unprocessed, naif, raw, naive, unburnished, unfinished, rough

2. polished, refined, svelte, urbaneadjective

   showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience

   "his polished manner"; "maintained an urbane tone in his letters"

   Synonyms:
   urbane, lissome, neat, lithesome, sylphlike, refined, lissom, slender, processed, slight, svelte, tasteful, slim, graceful, elegant, supple, dressed, milled, lithe

   Antonyms:
   unpolished, rough, unfinished, naif, unburnished, raw, unprocessed, naive

3. milled, polishedadjective

   (of grains especially rice) having the husk or outer layers removed

   "polished rice"

   Synonyms:
   urbane, milled, dressed, refined, svelte

   Antonyms:
   rough, unpolished, raw, unburnished, naive, naif, unprocessed, unfinished

4. dressed, polishedadjective

   (of lumber or stone) to trim and smooth

   Synonyms:
   dolled up, urbane, garmented, appareled, dressed, attired, spruced up, dressed to kill(p), garbed, togged up, dressed-up, spiffed up, refined, habilimented, dressed(p), milled, svelte, robed, dressed to the nines(p)

   Antonyms:
   naive, rough, unburnished, unprocessed, unfinished, raw, unpolished, naif

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1. polishedadjective

   Synonyms:
   burnished, made bright or glossy

2. polishedadjective

   Synonyms:
   refined, accomplished, cultivated, elegant, POLITE

3. polishedadjective

   Synonyms:
   classic, classical, attic

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1. polishedadjective

   Synonyms:
   burnished, glistening, bright, courtly, elegant refined

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1. List of paraphrases for "polished":

   pulido, polite, brushed, refined

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1. Debra Aho Williamson:

   Instagram Stories are in themselves already more intimate. You can share things that are maybe a bit less polished, less perfect, [ and ] daily moments from your life, from there is the ability to narrow the audience. I think that's valuable.

2. Anthony Neutout:

   He's not a brass polished politician, not a walking mannequin... A lot of candidates, it's like they have multiple personality disorder, rand is very consistent.

3. Jamie Johnson:

   Chris Christie has the best organizational staff in the state. They helped Steve King win against former Iowa first lady Christie Vilsack in 2012, they helped Gov. Branstad demolish his Democratic opponent in 2014, and so that team is now working for Chris Christie, and they are the most polished and most insightful campaign staffers that I know.

4. Edmund Burke:

   Nobility is a graceful ornament to the civil order. It is the Corinthian capital of polished society.

5. Barack Obama:

   Deval, you done good, man, you started with an outstanding state but you've burnished it and polished it and most importantly you've gotten people involved and made people believe in civic engagement.