Antonyms of adj finer

1 sense of finer

Sense 1
finer -- ((comparative of `fine') greater in quality or excellence; "a finer wine"; "a finer musician")

INDIRECT (VIA better) -> worse -- ((comparative of `bad') inferior to another in quality or condition or desirability; "this road is worse than the first one we took"; "the road is in worse shape than it was"; "she was accused of worse things than cheating and lying")

Antonyms of adj fine

6 senses of fine

Sense 1
all right, fine, o.k., ok, okay, hunky-dory -- (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")

INDIRECT (VIA satisfactory) -> unsatisfactory -- (not giving satisfaction; "shops should take back unsatisfactory goods"; "her performance proved to be unsatisfactory"; "life is becoming increasingly unsatifactory"; "our discussion was very unsatisfactory")

Sense 2
fine -- (minutely precise especially in differences in meaning; "a fine distinction")

INDIRECT (VIA precise) -> imprecise -- (not precise; "imprecise astronomical observations"; "the terms he used were imprecise and emotional")

Sense 3
fine -- (thin in thickness or diameter; "a fine film of oil"; "fine hairs"; "read the fine print")

INDIRECT (VIA thin) -> thick -- (not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions; "an inch thick"; "a thick board"; "a thick sandwich"; "spread a thick layer of butter"; "thick coating of dust"; "thick warm blankets")

Sense 4
fine -- (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")

INDIRECT (VIA elegant) -> inelegant -- (lacking in refinement or grace or good taste)

Sense 5
fine (vs. coarse) -- (of textures that are smooth to the touch or substances consisting of relatively small 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")

coarse (vs. fine), harsh -- (of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles; "coarse meal"; "coarse sand"; "a coarse weave")
        => coarse-grained, large-grained -- (not having a fine texture; "coarse-grained wood"; "large-grained sand")
        => farinaceous, coarse-grained, grainy, granular, granulose, gritty, mealy -- (composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency; "granular sugar"; "the photographs were grainy and indistinct"; "it left a mealy residue")
        => granulated -- (made grainy or formed into granules; "granulated sugar")
        => plushy, plush-like -- ((of textures) resembling plush)
        => loose, open -- ((of textures) full of small openings or gaps; "an open texture"; "a loose weave")

Sense 6
fine -- (free from impurities; having a high or specified degree of purity; "gold 21 carats fine")

INDIRECT (VIA pure) -> impure -- (combined with extraneous elements)

Similarity of adj finer

1 sense of finer

Sense 1
finer -- ((comparative of `fine') greater in quality or excellence; "a finer wine"; "a finer musician")
       => better (vs. worse) -- ((comparative of `good') superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another; "You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din"; "a better coat"; "a better type of car"; "a suit with a better fit"; "a better chance of success"; "produced a better mousetrap"; "she's better in math than in history")

Similarity of adj fine

6 senses of fine

Sense 1
all right, fine, o.k., ok, okay, hunky-dory -- (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")
       => satisfactory (vs. unsatisfactory) -- (giving satisfaction; "satisfactory living conditions"; "his grades were satisfactory")

Sense 2
fine -- (minutely precise especially in differences in meaning; "a fine distinction")
       => precise (vs. imprecise) -- (sharply exact or accurate or delimited; "a precise mind"; "specified a precise amount"; "arrived at the precise moment")

Sense 3
fine -- (thin in thickness or diameter; "a fine film of oil"; "fine hairs"; "read the fine print")
       => thin (vs. thick) -- (of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section; "thin wire"; "a thin chiffon blouse"; "a thin book"; "a thin layer of paint")

Sense 4
fine -- (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")
       => elegant (vs. inelegant) -- (refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style; "elegant handwriting"; "an elegant dark suit"; "she was elegant to her fingertips"; "small churches with elegant white spires"; "an elegant mathematical solution--simple and precise and lucid")

Sense 5
fine (vs. coarse) -- (of textures that are smooth to the touch or substances consisting of relatively small 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")
       => close, tight -- (of textiles; "a close weave"; "smooth percale with a very tight weave")
       => close-grained, fine-grained -- (dense or compact in structure or texture, as a wood composed of small-diameter cells; "close-grained birch"; "fine-grained rock")
       => dustlike -- (as fine and powdery as dust)
       => floury -- (resembling flour in fine powdery texture; "a floury clay")
       => nongranular -- (not having granules; "clear nongranular cytoplasm")
       => powdered, powdery, pulverized, pulverised, small-grained, fine-grained -- (consisting of fine particles; "powdered cellulose"; "powdery snow"; "pulverized sugar is prepared from granulated sugar by grinding")
       => small -- (have fine or very small constituent particles; "a small misty rain")
       => superfine -- (of extremely fine size or texture; "superfine sugar"; "a superfine file")
          Also See-> smooth#1

Sense 6
fine -- (free from impurities; having a high or specified degree of purity; "gold 21 carats fine")
       => pure (vs. impure) -- (free of extraneous elements of any kind; "pure air and water"; "pure gold"; "pure primary colors"; "the violin's pure and lovely song"; "pure tones"; "pure oxygen")