Synonyms for crude
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1. crudeadjective

   Synonyms:
   rudimentary, undisguised, immature, earthy, unrefined, unadorned, vulgar, stark, coarse, rude, raw, gross, unripe, uncultivated, rough, blunt, plain, obvious, primitive, unprocessed

2. crudeadjective

   Being in a natural state.

   crude oil

   Synonyms:
   raw, unripe, rudimentary, uncultivated, immature, unprocessed, primitive, unadorned, blunt, coarse, gross, unrefined, rude, obvious, vulgar, stark, plain, earthy, undisguised, rough

   Antonyms:
   processed, refined

3. crudeadjective

   Characterized by simplicity, especially something not carefully or expertly made.

   a crude shelter

   Synonyms:
   undisguised, gross, raw, obvious, unrefined, rough, earthy, unripe, vulgar, stark, blunt, primitive, coarse, plain, rudimentary, unadorned, unprocessed, uncultivated, immature, rude

4. crudeadjective

   Lacking concealing elements.

   a crude truth

   Synonyms:
   unprocessed, blunt, primitive, unadorned, rude, raw, vulgar, obvious, rough, unrefined, rudimentary, earthy, undisguised, uncultivated, stark, plain, gross, unripe, immature, coarse

5. crudeadjective

   Lacking tact or taste.

   a crude remark

   Synonyms:
   unrefined, rough, stark, immature, raw, coarse, uncultivated, undisguised, rude, unadorned, vulgar, unripe, rudimentary, unprocessed, primitive, blunt, obvious, gross, earthy, plain

6. crudeadjective

   Being in an unanalyzed form.

   crude data

   Synonyms:
   unripe, coarse, gross, raw, unprocessed, rudimentary, immature, obvious, unrefined, blunt, rough, unadorned, uncultivated, undisguised, earthy, rude, primitive, vulgar, plain, stark

7. crudeadjective

   Immature or unripe.

   Synonyms:
   stark, raw, uncultivated, plain, immature, earthy, rough, unprocessed, coarse, obvious, vulgar, blunt, unrefined, unadorned, gross, rude, unripe, rudimentary, undisguised, primitive

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1. crude

   Synonyms:
   raw, undigested, unconsidered, half-studied, harsh, unshaped, unchastened, unfinished, unrefined, ill-prepared

   Antonyms:
   well-prepared, well-digested, well-considered, well-studied, ripe, well-adapted, well-proportioned, well-expressed, classical, finished, refined, artistic, elaborate, highlywrought

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1. petroleum, crude oil, crude, rock oil, fossil oil, oiladjective

   a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons

   Synonyms:
   petroleum, rock oil, crude oil, oil color, oil, vegetable oil, fossil oil, oil colour

   Antonyms:
   skilled, late, conditional, decent, later(a), analyzed

2. crude, roughadjective

   not carefully or expertly made

   "managed to make a crude splint"; "a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them"; "rough carpentry"

   Synonyms:
   bumpy, rough, raspy, primitive, pugnacious, unrefined, rude, crude(a), gravelly, rocky, vulgar, jolting, jolty, gross, boisterous, fierce, raw, harsh, stark(a), unsmooth, scratchy, earthy, unprocessed, blunt, grating, approximate, jumpy, approximative, uncut, rasping

   Antonyms:
   analyzed, later(a), conditional, skilled, decent, late

3. crude, earthy, gross, vulgaradjective

   conspicuously and tastelessly indecent

   "coarse language"; "a crude joke"; "crude behavior"; "an earthy sense of humor"; "a revoltingly gross expletive"; "a vulgar gesture"; "full of language so vulgar it should have been edited"

   Synonyms:
   rough, plebeian, gross, rank, coarse, perfect(a), consummate(a), unadulterated, raw, primitive, common, flagrant, arrant(a), porcine, crying(a), unwashed, staring(a), sodding(a), megascopic, unrefined, rough-cut, glaring, crude(a), rude, complete(a), gross(a), egregious, double-dyed(a), stark(a), vernacular, pure(a), unprocessed, uncouth, blunt, everlasting(a), down-to-earth, earthy, thoroughgoing(a), vulgar, utter(a)

   Antonyms:
   late, conditional, analyzed, skilled, decent, later(a)

4. unrefined, unprocessed, crudeadjective

   not refined or processed

   "unrefined ore"; "crude oil"

   Synonyms:
   blunt, vulgar, raw, earthy, stark(a), primitive, rude, crude(a), rough, unprocessed, unrefined, gross

   Antonyms:
   conditional, late, skilled, later(a), analyzed, decent

5. crude, primitive, rudeadjective

   belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness

   "the crude weapons and rude agricultural implements of early man"; "primitive movies of the 1890s"; "primitive living conditions in the Appalachian mountains"

   Synonyms:
   bad-mannered, ill-bred, rough, yokelish, primitive, unrefined, rude, crude(a), underbred, rude(a), vulgar, bounderish, archaic, gross, raw, lowbred, naive, stark(a), earthy, unprocessed, blunt, ill-mannered, unmannered, raw(a), unmannerly, natural, uncivil

   Antonyms:
   conditional, late, later(a), analyzed, skilled, decent

6. blunt, crude(a), stark(a)adjective

   devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment

   "the blunt truth"; "the crude facts"; "facing the stark reality of the deadline"

   Antonyms:
   analyzed, later(a), skilled, late, decent, conditional

7. crude, rawadjective

   not processed or subjected to analysis

   "raw data"; "the raw cost of production"; "only the crude vital statistics"

   Synonyms:
   rough, naked as a jaybird, primitive, in the buff, unrefined, sensitive, rude, crude(a), naked, new, vulgar, bare-assed, rude(a), gross, peeled, bare-ass, raw, in the altogether, stark(a), cutting, tender, stark naked, earthy, unprocessed, natural, raw(a), sore, in the raw, bleak, blunt, unsanded

   Antonyms:
   decent, late, later(a), conditional, analyzed, skilled

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1. crudeadjective

   Synonyms:
   raw, uncooked, undressed, in a raw state

2. crudeadjective

   Synonyms:
   immature, unripe, harsh

3. crudeadjective

   Synonyms:
   coarse, unrefined

4. crudeadjective

   Synonyms:
   unpremeditated, indigested

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1. crudeadjective

   Synonyms:
   undeveloped, inelaborate, uncouth, inartistic, unfinished

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1. List of paraphrases for "crude":

   raw, gross, rough, oil, rudimentary, ore, coarse, unbleached, brute, rude, vulgar

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1. Tony Nunan:

   I expect crude to come back down again and test the $35 level again if we continue to get builds.

2. Francisco Jose Lloreda:

   From 2022, that's six years away, we will need to import crude to load refineries.

3. Owain Johnson:

   We've got the regionalization of U.S. crude.

4. Maikanti Baru:

   The 2016 national budget plan was based on 2.2 million barrels per day of crude oil production, however, the budget plan is now grossly impacted due to renewed militancy: with about 700,000 bpd of oil production curtailed due to pipeline vandalism.

5. Kim Kwang-rae:

   An increase in U.S. crude inventories is weighing on oil prices and in the long term, concerns over rising oil production in the Permian region is keeping a lid on prices.