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Antonyms for finer
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : fahy-ner |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfaɪ nər |
- awkward
- bad
- big
- blunt
- cheap
- cloudy
- coarse
- common
- consequential
- corrupt
- crude
- dark
- disagreeable
- drab
- dull
- fat
- forthright
- giant
- harsh
- hateful
- heavy
- homely
- honest
- horrifying
- huge
- humble
- ignorant
- important
- imprecise
- indefinite
- inferior
- insensitive
- insignificant
- large
- obtuse
- offensive
- ordinary
- polluted
- poor
- rainy
- regular
- repulsive
- rough
- second-rate
- serious
- shabby
- significant
- slow
- small
- stormy
- stupid
- substantial
- thick
- ugly
- unattractive
- uncouth
- undiscriminating
- unexceptional
- unfashionable
- unhappy
- unimportant
- unintelligent
- unpopular
- unrefined
- unsophisticated
- useful
- usual
Definition of finer
Origin :- late 13c., "pay as a ransom or penalty," from fine (n.). Inverted meaning "to punish by a fine" is from 1550s. Related: Fined; fining.
- adj excellent, masterly
- adj cloudless, sunny
- adj dainty, delicate; sheer
- adj discriminating, exact
- If he ever suspected any lack of finer fiber in Max, he put the thought away.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Mary Fitton was finer than his portraits; we want her soul, and do not get it even in Cleopatra.
- Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
- The finer the instrument is to be, the more massive must be the foundation.
- Extract from : « Understanding the Scriptures » by Francis McConnell
- They were finer than any seen in the land, or ever heard of before.
- Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis
- Aye, but Bellarmine is the genteeler, and the finer man; yes, that he must be allowed.
- Extract from : « Joseph Andrews Vol. 1 » by Henry Fielding
- It was of finer material than most of the "Egyptians," and the fashion was quaint and graceful.
- Extract from : « The Green Satin Gown » by Laura E. Richards
- But no man, take your finer mind with your very fine person, can deserve you.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- The finer feminine instinct of Abigail led her to interpose.
- Extract from : « Beauty and The Beast, and Tales From Home » by Bayard Taylor
- Had they been at once filled up, as is the case in France, they would be finer than ever.
- Extract from : « With Manchesters in the East » by Gerald B. Hurst
- In Christian art, it would be well to compare the feeling of the finer 7.
- Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume II (of V) » by John Ruskin
Synonyms for finer
- abstruse
- accomplished
- aces
- acute
- admirable
- attractive
- balmy
- beautiful
- bright
- capital
- choice
- clarion
- clear
- clement
- cool
- crack
- critical
- cryptic
- dandy
- delicate
- diaphanous
- distinct
- dry
- elegant
- enigmatic
- enjoyable
- esoteric
- ethereal
- exceptional
- expensive
- exquisite
- fair
- fashionable
- fastidious
- filmy
- fine-drawn
- fine-grained
- fine-spun
- first-class
- first-rate
- first-string
- five-star
- flimsy
- fragile
- gauzy
- gilt-edged
- gnarly
- good-looking
- gossamer
- gossamery
- granular
- great
- hairline
- hairsplitting
- handsome
- impalpable
- intelligent
- keen
- light
- lightweight
- little
- loose
- lovely
- magnificent
- mean
- minute
- neat
- nice
- not too shabby
- obscure
- ornate
- outstanding
- petty
- pleasant
- porous
- powdered
- powdery
- precise
- pulverized
- pure
- quality
- quick
- rainless
- rare
- recondite
- refined
- select
- sensitive
- sharp
- showy
- skillful
- slender
- small
- smart
- solid
- splendid
- sterling
- strict
- striking
- subtle
- superior
- supreme
- tasteful
- tenuous
- thin
- threadlike
- top
- top-notch
- transparent
- trifling
- unadulterated
- undarkened
- unpolluted
- unreal
- well-made
- wicked
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