coarse
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles
coarse meal
Related & opposite
- rough also see
- fine antonym
- texture attribute
- tweediness derivation
- harshness derivation
- large-grained similar to
- gritty similar to
- granulated similar to
- plushy similar to
- open similar to
Sense 2 adjective
lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
he had coarse manners but a first-rate mind
Related & opposite
- grossness derivation
- uncouthness derivation
- commonality derivation
- vulgarize derivation
- vulgarize derivation
- unrefined similar to
Sense 3 adjective
of low or inferior quality or value
of what coarse metal ye are molded
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | rough |
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | fine |
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | texture |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | tweediness |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | harshness |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | large-grained |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | gritty |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | granulated |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | plushy |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | open |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | grossness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | uncouthness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | commonality |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | vulgarize |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | vulgarize |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | unrefined |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | grossness |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | inferior |