polished

  • (a) perfected or made shiny and smooth
    • his polished prose
    • in a freshly ironed dress and polished shoes
    • freshly polished silver
  • (s) showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience
    • his polished manner
    • maintained an urbane tone in his letters
    svelte, urbane, refined,
  • (s) (of grains especially rice) having the husk or outer layers removed
    • polished rice
    milled,
  • (s) (of lumber or stone) to trim and smooth dressed,

Synonyms

svelte urbane refined milled dressed

Antonyms

unpolished

See also

bright

Words of close approximity

polisher
polisher
polished rice