SOPHISTICATED
advanced, sophisticated
(adjective) ahead in development; complex or intricate; “advanced technology”; “a sophisticated electronic control system”
sophisticated
(adjective) intellectually appealing; “a sophisticated drama”
sophisticated
(adjective) having or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir-faire; “sophisticated young socialites”; “a sophisticated audience”; “a sophisticated lifestyle”; “a sophisticated book”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
sophisticated (comparative more sophisticated, superlative most sophisticated)
Having obtained worldly experience, and lacking naiveté; cosmopolitan.
Elegant, refined.
Complicated, especially of complex technology.
Appealing to the tastes of an intellectual; cerebral.
(obsolete, UK) Dishonest or misleading.
(obsolete, UK) Impure; adulterated.
Synonyms
• (having obtained worldly experience): worldly
• (elegant, refined): refined
Antonyms
• (having obtained worldly experience): provincial
Verb
sophisticated
simple past tense and past participle of sophisticate
Source: Wiktionary
So*phis"ti*cate, So*phis"ti*ca`ted, a.
Definition: Adulterated; not pure; not genuine. So truth, while only one supplied the state, Grew scare and dear, and yet sophisticate. Dryden.
SOPHISTICATE
So*phis"ti*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sophisticated; p. pr. & vb. n. Sophisticating.] Etym: [LL. sophisticatus, p.p. of sophisticare to sophisticate.]
Definition: To render worthless by admixture; to adulterate; to damage; to pervert; as, to sophisticate wine. Howell. To sophisticate the understanding. Southey. Yet Butler professes to stick to plain facts, not to sophisticate, not to refine. M. Arnold. They purchase but sophisticated ware. Dryden.
Syn.
– To adulterate; debase; corrupt; vitiate.
So*phis"ti*cate, So*phis"ti*ca`ted, a.
Definition: Adulterated; not pure; not genuine. So truth, while only one supplied the state, Grew scare and dear, and yet sophisticate. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
16 January 2025
BOOK
(noun) a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made; “they run things by the book around here”
Do you know this game?
Wordscapes is a popular word game consistently in the top charts of both Google Play Store and Apple App Store. The Android version has more than 10 million installs. This guide will help you get more coins in less than two minutes of playing the game. Continue reading Wordscapes: Get More Coins