Refinement and Simplicity

Refinement

Refinement noun - Dignified or restrained beauty of form, appearance, or style.
Usage example: although she can afford all the jewelry that money can buy, she dresses with the gentle refinement that only taste can bestow

Simplicity and refinement are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Simplicity" instead a noun "Refinement".

Nearby Words: refined, refine, refining, refiner

Simplicity

Simplicity noun - The quality or state of having a form or structure of few parts or elements.

Refinement and simplicity are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Refinement" instead a noun "Simplicity".

Nearby Words: simple, simplify, simplistic

Mutual synonyms

How words are described

overall overall refinement overall simplicity
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