What is the meaning of sophisticated?

verb

  • Make less natural or innocent.
    • usage: "Their manners had sophisticated the young girls"
  • Practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive.
    • usage: "Don't twist my words"
  • Alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive.
    • usage: "Sophisticate rose water with geraniol"
  • Make more complex or refined.
    • usage: "a sophisticated design"

adjective

  • Having or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir-faire.
    • usage: "sophisticated young socialites"; "a sophisticated audience"; "a sophisticated lifestyle"; "a sophisticated book"
  • Ahead in development; complex or intricate.
    • usage: "advanced technology"; "a sophisticated electronic control system"
  • Intellectually appealing.
    • usage: "a sophisticated drama"
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