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fine

[fahyn] / faɪn /
ADJECTIVE
excellent, masterly
Synonyms
STRONGEST
accomplished admirable attractive beautiful cool elegant exceptional expensive exquisite fashionable first-rate great handsome lovely magnificent neat outstanding pleasant rare refined smart solid splendid striking subtle superior well-made
STRONG
aces capital choice crack dandy mean select top
WEAK
enjoyable first-class first-string five-star gilt-edged gnarly good-looking not too shabby ornate showy skillful supreme top-notch unreal wicked
Antonyms
STRONGEST
bad common disagreeable drab homely humble inferior insignificant ordinary poor regular shabby ugly unattractive unexceptional unrefined
STRONG
second-rate
WEAK
coarse
ADJECTIVE
cloudless, sunny
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bright dry pleasant
STRONG
clarion clear fair
WEAK
balmy clement rainless undarkened
Antonyms
STRONG
cloudy dark
WEAK
rainy rough stormy
ADJECTIVE
dainty, delicate; sheer
Synonyms
STRONGEST
exquisite slender small thin
STRONG
flimsy gossamer light lightweight little loose minute powdered pulverized quality
WEAK
diaphanous ethereal filmy fine-drawn fine-grained fine-spun fragile gauzy gossamery granular impalpable porous powdery threadlike transparent
Antonyms
STRONG
heavy substantial thick
WEAK
coarse crude rough unrefined
ADJECTIVE
discriminating, exact
Synonyms
STRONGEST
delicate intelligent obscure pure refined sharp subtle
STRONG
acute clear hairline hairsplitting keen minute nice petty quick sensitive sterling trifling
WEAK
abstruse critical cryptic distinct enigmatic esoteric fastidious fine-spun precise recondite strict tasteful tenuous unadulterated unpolluted
Antonyms
STRONGEST
forthright indefinite
STRONG
blunt dull imprecise
WEAK
coarse crude undiscriminating unrefined
NOUN
penalty in money
Synonyms
STRONGEST
punishment
STRONG
amends amercement assessment damages forfeit mulct reparation rip
Antonyms
WEAK
amends award compensation reimbursement reward
VERB
penalize in monetary way
Synonyms
STRONGEST
confiscate levy punish
STRONG
alienate amerce dock exact extort mulct sconce seize sequestrate tax
WEAK
hit with make pay pay through the nose slap with throw book at
Antonyms
WEAK
award compensate reimburse reward

Example Sentences

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Chris, it turns out, has given up his career as an administrative lawyer for a life of fine dining and epicurean delicacies.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

One of the pilots, who has since left the military, was made to pay a fine of 88 million won.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

Earnings have been fine, and March’s above-expectation retail sales report could assuage concerns about a drastic pullback in consumer spending in response to the war.

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026

Carriers are walking a fine line between strong demand and rising costs, and they’re responding the only way they can in the short term: fewer flights.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 21, 2026

She’d been out with her new friends and was home just before the curfew, cutting it as fine as you could get.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

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