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Dec 1, 2009
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Synonyms for fine

Noun

1. fine, mulct, amercement, penalty
usage: money extracted as a penalty

Verb

1. ticket, fine, book
usage: issue a ticket or a fine to as a penalty; "I was fined for parking on the wrong side of the street"; "Move your car or else you will be ticketed!"

Adjective

1. fine, good, superior (vs. inferior)
usage: superior to the average; "in fine spirits"; "a fine student"; "made good grades"; "morale was good"; "had good weather for the parade"
2. all right, fine, ok, o.k., okay, hunky-dory, satisfactory (vs. unsatisfactory)
usage: being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition; "an all-right movie"; "the passengers were shaken up but are all right"; "is everything all right?"; "everything's fine"; "things are okay"; "dinner and the movies had been fine"; "another minute I'd have been fine"
3. fine, precise (vs. imprecise)
usage: minutely precise especially in differences in meaning; "a fine distinction"
4. fine (vs. coarse), close, tight, close-grained, fine-grained, dustlike, floury, nongranular, powdered, powdery, pulverized, pulverised, small-grained, fine-grained, small, superfine, smooth
usage: of texture; being small-grained or smooth to the touch or having fine particles; "wood with a fine grain"; "fine powdery snow"; "fine rain"; "batiste is a cotton fabric with a fine weave"; "covered with a fine film of dust"
5. all right, fine, well (vs. ill)
usage: being in good health; "he's feeling all right again"; "I'm fine, how are you?"
6. fine, thin (vs. thick)
usage: thin in thickness or diameter; "a fine film of oil"; "fine hairs"; "read the fine print"
7. fine, elegant (vs. inelegant)
usage: characterized by elegance or refinement or accomplishment; "fine wine"; "looking fine in her Easter suit"; "a fine gentleman"; "fine china and crystal"; "a fine violinist"; "the fine hand of a master"
8. fine, f., pure (vs. impure)
usage: ; free or impurities; having a high or specified degree of purity; "gold 21 carats fine"
9. fine, pleasant (vs. unpleasant)
usage: (of weather) pleasant; not raining, perhaps with the sun shining; "a fine summer evening"

Adverb

1. very well, fine, alright, all right, OK
usage: sentence-initial expression of agreement
2. finely, fine, delicately, exquisitely
usage: in a delicate manner; "finely shaped features"; "her fine drawn body"
3. finely, fine
usage: in a superior and skilled manner; "the soldiers were fighting finely"
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