Antonyms for crude

Antonyms for (adj) crude

Main entry: crude, unprocessed, unrefined

Definition: not refined or processed

Usage: unrefined ore; crude oil

Antonyms: processed, refined

Definition: freed from impurities by processing


Main entry: crude, raw

Definition: not processed or subjected to analysis

Usage: raw data; the raw cost of production; only the crude vital statistics

Antonyms: analyzed

Definition: examined carefully and methodically; broken down for consideration of constituent parts


Main entry: stark, blunt, crude

Definition: devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment

Usage: the blunt truth; the crude facts; facing the stark reality of the deadline

Antonyms: conditional

Definition: imposing or depending on or containing a condition


Antonyms: learned, conditioned

Definition: established by conditioning or learning


Main entry: gross, earthy, crude, vulgar

Definition: conspicuously and tastelessly indecent

Usage: 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

Antonyms: decent

Definition: conforming to conventions of sexual behavior


Main entry: primitive, rude, crude

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

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

Antonyms: middle

Definition: between an earlier and a later period of time


Antonyms: late

Definition: being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time


Antonyms: late, later

Definition: at or toward an end or late period or stage of development


Antonyms: middle

Definition: of a stage in the development of a language or literature between earlier and later stages


Antonyms: late

Definition: of a later stage in the development of a language or literature; used especially of dead languages


Antonyms: tardily, late, belatedly

Definition: later than usual or than expected


Main entry: crude, rough

Definition: not carefully or expertly made

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

Antonyms: skilled

Definition: having or showing or requiring special skill


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