sophisticated
(of a person, ideas, tastes, manners, etc.) altered by education, experience, etc., so as to be worldly-wise; not naive: a sophisticated young socialite;the sophisticated eye of an experienced journalist.
pleasing or satisfactory to the tastes of sophisticates, or people who are educated, cultured, and worldly-wise: sophisticated music.
deceptive; misleading.
complex or intricate, as a system, process, piece of machinery, or the like: a sophisticated electronic control system.
of, for, or reflecting educated taste, knowledgeable use, etc.: Many Americans are drinking more sophisticated wines now.
Origin of sophisticated
1- Also sophisticate.
Other words for sophisticated
Opposites for sophisticated
Other words from sophisticated
- so·phis·ti·cat·ed·ly, adverb
- hy·per·so·phis·ti·cat·ed, adjective
- hy·per·so·phis·ti·cat·ed·ly, adverb
- o·ver·so·phis·ti·cat·ed, adjective
- su·per·so·phis·ti·cat·ed, adjective
- ul·tra·so·phis·ti·cat·ed, adjective
- ul·tra·so·phis·ti·cat·ed·ly, adverb
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How to use sophisticated in a sentence
sophisticated, nuanced, melodious pop music, that sweeps you away.
With this sophisticated tone set, the shop opened and developed a clientele.
The Bookstore That Bewitched Mick Jagger, John Lennon, and Greta Garbo | Felice Picano | December 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt has always featured the very best voices and employed the most sophisticated stagecraft of any opera house.
This was the most sophisticated global tracking system ever devised, and it worked with lethal efficiency.
Even in the most sophisticated echelons of the media ecosystem, the fix was in.
He possessed the same personal charm as Tchaikovsky, but was far more sophisticated and self-conscious.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky | Modeste TchaikovskyI suppose I can't hope to be quite such a belle as if I had lived in those less-sophisticated days, but who knows?
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonAccustomed to women of a more sophisticated class, Jean had at first taken her navet for the height of subtlety.
The Amazing Interlude | Mary Roberts RinehartThe subject of the moral reflections at the end is self-delusion in the particular form of sophisticated vanity.
Aesop Dress'd | Bernard MandevilleWe have a very conservative, fastidious, and sophisticated constituency; and this is one of the limitations by which we are bound.
Love's Pilgrimage | Upton Sinclair
British Dictionary definitions for sophisticated
/ (səˈfɪstɪˌkeɪtɪd) /
having refined or cultured tastes and habits
appealing to sophisticates: a sophisticated restaurant
unduly refined or cultured
pretentiously or superficially wise
(of machines, methods, etc) complex and refined
Derived forms of sophisticated
- sophisticatedly, adverb
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