sophisticated
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
sophisticated
adj 1: 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" [ant: {naif}, {naive}]
2: ahead in development; complex or intricate; "advanced
technology"; "a sophisticated electronic control system"
[syn: {advanced}, {sophisticated}]
3: intellectually appealing; "a sophisticated drama"
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Sophisticate \So*phis"ti*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Sophisticated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sophisticating}.] [LL.
sophisticatus, p. p. of sophisticare to sophisticate.]
To render worthless by admixture; to adulterate; to damage;
to pervert; as, to sophisticate wine. --Howell.
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To sophisticate the understanding. --Southey.
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Yet Butler professes to stick to plain facts, not to
sophisticate, not to refine. --M. Arnold.
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They purchase but sophisticated ware. --Dryden.
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Syn: To adulterate; debase; corrupt; vitiate.
[1913 Webster] Sophisticate
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
133 Moby Thesaurus words for "sophisticated":
adult, advanced, blase, bored, braw, brittle, byzantine, chic,
chichi, civilized, classy, clothes-conscious, complex, complicated,
cool, cosmopolitan, cosmopolite, cultivated, cultured, cynical,
daedal, dainty, dapper, dashing, delicate, disabused, disappointed,
discriminating, disenchanted, disillusioned, dressed to advantage,
dressed to kill, elaborate, elegant, enlightened, experienced,
exquisite, fastidious, fine, genteel, gordian, graceful, gracile,
gracious, hardheaded, hep, hip, hoaxproof, intricate, involved,
jaded, jaunty, knotty, knowing, knowledgeable, labyrinthine,
mature, matured, mondaine, multifaceted, natty, neat, nice, nifty,
nobby, not born yesterday, old, polished, posh, practical,
practiced, put straight, realistic, recherche, refined, ripe,
ripened, ritzy, robbed of illusion, sagacious, salty, schooled,
seasoned, set right, sharp, skeptical, sleek, slick, smart, smooth,
smug, snazzy, soigne, soignee, sophisticate, spiffy, spruce,
style-conscious, suave, subtle, svelte, swank, swanky, swell,
tough-minded, tricksy, tried, tried and true, trig, trim,
uncharmed, uncullible, undeceivable, undeceived, undeludable,
undupable, unfoolable, ungullible, unhoaxable, unseduceable,
unsophisticated, unspelled, urbane, veteran, well-bred,
well-dressed, well-groomed, wise, with it, world-weary, world-wise,
worldly, worldly-wise
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