sophisticated
Americanadjective
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(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.
- Synonyms:
- cultivated, experienced, cosmopolitan, worldly
- Antonyms:
- naive
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pleasing or satisfactory to the tastes of sophisticates, or people who are educated, cultured, and worldly-wise.
sophisticated music.
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deceptive; misleading.
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complex or intricate, as a system, process, piece of machinery, or the like.
a sophisticated electronic control system.
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of, for, or reflecting educated taste, knowledgeable use, etc..
Many Americans are drinking more sophisticated wines now.
adjective
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having refined or cultured tastes and habits
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appealing to sophisticates
a sophisticated restaurant
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unduly refined or cultured
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pretentiously or superficially wise
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(of machines, methods, etc) complex and refined
Other Word Forms
- hypersophisticated adjective
- hypersophisticatedly adverb
- oversophisticated adjective
- sophisticatedly adverb
- supersophisticated adjective
- ultrasophisticated adjective
- ultrasophisticatedly adverb
Etymology
Origin of sophisticated
First recorded in 1595–1605; sophisticate + -ed 2
Example Sentences
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"What surprised us was that silk -- something we usually think of as a beautifully simple natural fiber -- actually relies on a very sophisticated molecular trick," Holland said.
From Science Daily
I’ve created all sorts of tools, including suggested portfolios, massive tables of historical data, a sophisticated online calculator, and I’ve spoken to countless groups of people.
From MarketWatch
Industry prognosticators and AI evangelists have spent months foretelling the toll Anthropic and other sophisticated AI tools would exact on software-as-a-service companies that were darlings of the previous internet era.
“It’s an op dude—I do this for a living—the pieces that are dropping are deeply researched. This is sophisticated op.”
If robots are to become more sophisticated, they will have to have more efficient, more precise and more intelligent actuators.
From BBC
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