Antonyms for crude
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1. crudeadjective

   Synonyms:
   rudimentary, undisguised, immature, earthy, unrefined, unadorned, vulgar, stark, coarse, rude, raw, gross, unripe, uncultivated, rough, blunt, plain, obvious, primitive, unprocessed

2. crudeadjective

   Being in a natural state.

   crude oil

   Antonyms:
   processed, refined

   Synonyms:
   raw, unripe, rudimentary, uncultivated, immature, unprocessed, primitive, unadorned, blunt, coarse, gross, unrefined, rude, obvious, vulgar, stark, plain, earthy, undisguised, rough

3. crudeadjective

   Characterized by simplicity, especially something not carefully or expertly made.

   a crude shelter

   Synonyms:
   undisguised, gross, raw, obvious, unrefined, rough, earthy, unripe, vulgar, stark, blunt, primitive, coarse, plain, rudimentary, unadorned, unprocessed, uncultivated, immature, rude

4. crudeadjective

   Lacking concealing elements.

   a crude truth

   Synonyms:
   unprocessed, blunt, primitive, unadorned, rude, raw, vulgar, obvious, rough, unrefined, rudimentary, earthy, undisguised, uncultivated, stark, plain, gross, unripe, immature, coarse

5. crudeadjective

   Lacking tact or taste.

   a crude remark

   Synonyms:
   unrefined, rough, stark, immature, raw, coarse, uncultivated, undisguised, rude, unadorned, vulgar, unripe, rudimentary, unprocessed, primitive, blunt, obvious, gross, earthy, plain

6. crudeadjective

   Being in an unanalyzed form.

   crude data

   Synonyms:
   unripe, coarse, gross, raw, unprocessed, rudimentary, immature, obvious, unrefined, blunt, rough, unadorned, uncultivated, undisguised, earthy, rude, primitive, vulgar, plain, stark

7. crudeadjective

   Immature or unripe.

   Synonyms:
   stark, raw, uncultivated, plain, immature, earthy, rough, unprocessed, coarse, obvious, vulgar, blunt, unrefined, unadorned, gross, rude, unripe, rudimentary, undisguised, primitive

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1. crude

   Antonyms:
   well-prepared, well-digested, well-considered, well-studied, ripe, well-adapted, well-proportioned, well-expressed, classical, finished, refined, artistic, elaborate, highlywrought

   Synonyms:
   raw, undigested, unconsidered, half-studied, harsh, unshaped, unchastened, unfinished, unrefined, ill-prepared

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1. petroleum, crude oil, crude, rock oil, fossil oil, oiladjective

   a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons

   Antonyms:
   skilled, late, conditional, decent, later(a), analyzed

   Synonyms:
   petroleum, rock oil, crude oil, oil color, oil, vegetable oil, fossil oil, oil colour

2. crude, roughadjective

   not carefully or expertly made

   "managed to make a crude splint"; "a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them"; "rough carpentry"

   Antonyms:
   analyzed, later(a), conditional, skilled, decent, late

   Synonyms:
   bumpy, rough, raspy, primitive, pugnacious, unrefined, rude, crude(a), gravelly, rocky, vulgar, jolting, jolty, gross, boisterous, fierce, raw, harsh, stark(a), unsmooth, scratchy, earthy, unprocessed, blunt, grating, approximate, jumpy, approximative, uncut, rasping

3. crude, earthy, gross, vulgaradjective

   conspicuously and tastelessly indecent

   "coarse language"; "a crude joke"; "crude behavior"; "an earthy sense of humor"; "a revoltingly gross expletive"; "a vulgar gesture"; "full of language so vulgar it should have been edited"

   Antonyms:
   late, conditional, analyzed, skilled, decent, later(a)

   Synonyms:
   rough, plebeian, gross, rank, coarse, perfect(a), consummate(a), unadulterated, raw, primitive, common, flagrant, arrant(a), porcine, crying(a), unwashed, staring(a), sodding(a), megascopic, unrefined, rough-cut, glaring, crude(a), rude, complete(a), gross(a), egregious, double-dyed(a), stark(a), vernacular, pure(a), unprocessed, uncouth, blunt, everlasting(a), down-to-earth, earthy, thoroughgoing(a), vulgar, utter(a)

4. unrefined, unprocessed, crudeadjective

   not refined or processed

   "unrefined ore"; "crude oil"

   Antonyms:
   conditional, late, skilled, later(a), analyzed, decent

   Synonyms:
   blunt, vulgar, raw, earthy, stark(a), primitive, rude, crude(a), rough, unprocessed, unrefined, gross

5. crude, primitive, rudeadjective

   belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness

   "the crude weapons and rude agricultural implements of early man"; "primitive movies of the 1890s"; "primitive living conditions in the Appalachian mountains"

   Antonyms:
   conditional, late, later(a), analyzed, skilled, decent

   Synonyms:
   bad-mannered, ill-bred, rough, yokelish, primitive, unrefined, rude, crude(a), underbred, rude(a), vulgar, bounderish, archaic, gross, raw, lowbred, naive, stark(a), earthy, unprocessed, blunt, ill-mannered, unmannered, raw(a), unmannerly, natural, uncivil

6. blunt, crude(a), stark(a)adjective

   devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment

   "the blunt truth"; "the crude facts"; "facing the stark reality of the deadline"

   Antonyms:
   analyzed, later(a), skilled, late, decent, conditional

7. crude, rawadjective

   not processed or subjected to analysis

   "raw data"; "the raw cost of production"; "only the crude vital statistics"

   Antonyms:
   decent, late, later(a), conditional, analyzed, skilled

   Synonyms:
   rough, naked as a jaybird, primitive, in the buff, unrefined, sensitive, rude, crude(a), naked, new, vulgar, bare-assed, rude(a), gross, peeled, bare-ass, raw, in the altogether, stark(a), cutting, tender, stark naked, earthy, unprocessed, natural, raw(a), sore, in the raw, bleak, blunt, unsanded

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1. crudeadjective

   Synonyms:
   undeveloped, inelaborate, uncouth, inartistic, unfinished

How to use crude in a sentence?

1. Hue Frame:

   We think the attacks would be a wake up call for investors, who have failed to price in risk within the price of crude. Although global supply will contract in the near term, the United States has the ability to supply this contraction.

2. Russ Mould:

   Normally talk of Saudi production cuts would help to support the price of crude.

3. Olivier Jakob:

   The Sea King is part of the reason Brent is sinking, this is not a usual move and does not bode well for North Sea crude oil that has been relying on shipments to Asia to clear the overhang that was visible during June.

4. Mohd Emir:

   I'm quite optimistic because of the levy the Indonesian government put into crude palm oil, they would be able to implement it pretty fast and stocks would start to come down in February or March next year, malaysia and Indonesia combined, we have nearly 5 million tonnes of stocks of CPO now in the market. Any depletion will impact prices positively.

5. Mike McCarthy:

   The spread (between Brent and U.S. crude) had narrowed so it's not surprising it's diverging.

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