Meanings
comparative more fine-grained · superlative most fine-grained
- Consisting of fine particles.
Antonyms: coarse-grained
- Having a fine, smooth texture.
- figurativelyHighly detailed.
“It’s been long needed — and they’ve done a very good job,” said Ewan Birney […]. “This will improve our fine-grained understanding of variation, and then that research will open new opportunities toward clinical applications.”
2023 May 10, Elie Dolgin, “Scientists Unveil a More Diverse Human Genome”, in The New York TimesSynonyms: subtle
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveConsisting of fine particles.
adjectiveHighly detailed.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveconsisting of fine particles
adjectivedense or compact in structure or texture, as a wood composed of small-diameter cells
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian дребнозърнест, детайлен
- дребнозърнест (drebnozărnest)consisting of fine particles
- детайлен (detajlen)highly detailed
Dutch fijnkorrelig, fijnmazig
- fijnkorreligconsisting of fine particles
- fijnmazighighly detailed
German feinkörnig, kleinkörnig
- feinkörnigconsisting of fine particles
- kleinkörnigconsisting of fine particles
- feinkörnighaving a fine, smooth texture
- detailgenauhighly detailed
- detaillierthighly detailed
Norwegian Bokmål finkornet
- finkornetconsisting of fine particles
Polish drobnoziarnisty
- drobnoziarnistyconsisting of fine particles
Portuguese peneirado, refinado
- peneiradoconsisting of fine particles
- refinadoconsisting of fine particles
Russian мелкозерни́стый
- мелкозерни́стый (melkozernístyj)consisting of fine particles
Swedish finkornig
- finkornigconsisting of fine particles
Turkish ince taneli, ince taneli
- ince taneliconsisting of fine particles
- ince tanelihaving a fine, smooth texture
- ayrıntılıhighly detailed
- detaylıhighly detailed
Ukrainian дрібнозерни́стий
- дрібнозерни́стий (dribnozernýstyj)consisting of fine particles
Cite this entry
fine-grained. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fine-grained
“fine-grained.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fine-grained. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fine-grained,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fine-grained.
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