Polishes Synonyms and Antonyms

Bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. rounds
  2. smooths
  3. refines
  4. perfects
Improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. shines
  2. glosses
  3. furbishes
  4. glazes
  5. smooths
  6. burnishes
  7. downs
  8. varnishes
  9. finishes
  10. buffs
  11. brightens
  12. scours
  13. cleans
  14. waxes
  15. rubs
  16. refines
Antonyms:
  1. dulls
  2. spoils
  3. defaces
  4. ruins
To improve by making minor changes or additions
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. retouches
A highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality; ; ; --Joseph Conrad
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. finishes
  2. shines
  3. burnishes
  4. glosses
  5. cultures
  6. cultivations
  7. refinements
  8. sheens
Refined, effortless beauty of manner, form, and style
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. urbanities
  2. graces
  3. elegancies
  4. elegances

Words Related to Polishes

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Polishes Sentence Examples

  • Compounds are coarse polishes which use aluminum oxide as an abrasive agent, the most severe of which is like liquid sandpaper.

  • The wood of the hornbeam is white and close-grained, and polishes ill, is of considerable tenacity and little flexibility, and is extremely tough and hard to work - whence, according to Gerard, the name of the tree.

  • The tall columnar trunk furnishes the most valued pine timber of the states; close-grained and resinous, it is very durable and polishes well; it is largely employed in American shipyards, and immense quantities are exported, especially to Britain and the West Indies.

  • Spermaceti is a comparatively unimportant article of commerce; and of Chinese wax small quantities only are imported, as the home consumption takes up the bulk of the wax for the manufacture of candles, polishes and sizes.

  • Our polish is a cream, unlike most of the available beeswax furniture polishes which are pastes.

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