Polishing synonyms and antonyms
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Part of speech:
Seriously or vigorously:
To use precise distinctions and subtlety in thought or speech.
With revolutions:
In a smooth manner
Perfect is defined as to complete something or sharpen one's skills.
Gloss is defined as to make or become shiny, or to hide.
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(Now Rare) To brighten by rubbing or scouring; polish; burnish
To burnish is to polish or shine something by rubbing.
To soften the surface of (leather) by raising a nap.
To make bright or brighter in color
To impart a smooth surface or appearance to, as with varnish
To arrive at or attain the end of:
To clean things by vigorous rubbing and polishing
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To be made clean
To wax is to polish something using a special substance designed for shining or protecting or to remove unwanted hair by applying a warmed sticky substance to it and then using paper to pull off the hairs that stick to the substance.
To apply to a surface firmly and with friction:
To improve something (especially a photograph), by adding or correcting details, or by removing flaws.
To make sleek; slick:
To apply a glaze to:
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spoiling (antonym)
The definition of spoil is to destroy something, to diminish the character of something, to overindulge someone, or to go bad and become unusable or inedible.
defacing (antonym)
(Obsolete) To obliterate; destroy.
ruining (antonym)
Ruin is defined as to break or destroy something.
bettering (related)
To surpass or exceed:
lighting (related)
In a light manner; lightly.
linishing (related)
deburring (related)
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touch up (related)
polisher (related)
sanding (related)
varnish (related)
plating (related)
Autosol (related)
Find another word for polishing. In this page you can discover 34 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for polishing, like: shining, downing, refining, rounding, smoothing, perfecting, glossing, furbishing, burnishing, buffing and brightening.
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