Synonyms of hone

hone

verb

ˈhōn 

1

as in to sharpen

to make sharp or sharper

honed the knife's blade to razor-like sharpness

honed his crossword-puzzle skills by reading the dictionary as though it were a thrilling novel

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sharpen
• grind
• whet
• stone
• edge
• file
• strop

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dull
• blunt
• polish
• round
• smooth
• gloss
• burnish
• buff

2

as in to rub

to make smooth by friction

honed the edge of the axe until it was amazingly sharp

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sharpen
• rub
• polish
• sand
• grind
• file
• buff
• scrape
• plane
• scour
• shine
• smooth
• rasp
• whet
• burnish
• edge
• sandblast
• gloss
• strop
• dress
• regrind

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• roughen
• rough (up)
• coarsen
• scuff

Examples of hone in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The film and its spin-off videos have had 6.2 million views on TikTok, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram and other platforms in a low-budget, guerrilla-style campaign Greenwald has honed for nearly two decades. —Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024

The soft skill requires honing to be truly effective. —Lindsey Leake, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2024

As a high-profile banker managing million-dollar deals, CK has honed her networking skills to outshine the competition. —Dalton Ross, EW.com, 10 Oct. 2024

But Cohen is uniquely gifted at establishing and maintaining a party vibe no matter how tonally dark her material gets, a gift she's had ample opportunity to hone during her years' worth of cabaret shows at the East Village gay bar Club Cumming. —Emma Specter, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2024