Dictionary Definition
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: naive]
2 ahead in development; complex or intricate;
"advanced technology"; "a sophisticated electronic control system"
[syn: advanced]
3 marked by wide-ranging knowledge and
appreciation of many parts of the world arising from urban life and
wide travel; "the sophisticated manners of a true cosmopolite";
"urbane and pliant...he was at ease even in the drawing rooms of
Paris" [syn: urbane]
4 intellectually appealing; "a sophisticated
drama"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
sophisticatus. (Eng. usg. 1601)Ancient Greek sophist.
Adjective
- Having obtained worldly experience, and lacking naiveté; cosmopolitan,
- elegant, refined.
- Complicated, especially of complex technology.
- Appealing to the tastes of an intellectual; cerebral.
References
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary: Tenth Edition 1997Related terms
Translations
Having obtained worldly experience, and lacking
naiveté; cosmopolitan
- Finnish: hienostunut
- German: erfahren, weltgewandt
- Italian: sofisticato
- Russian: искушённый (iskušónnyj), умудрённый (umudr'ónyj), опытный (ópytnyj)
Complicated, especially of complex technology
- Finnish: hienostunut, monimutkainen
- Italian: sofisticato
- Russian: сложный (slóžnyj), мудрёный (mudr'ónyj), замысловатый (zamyslovátyj)
Appealing to the tastes of an intellectual;
cerebral
- Finnish: hienostunut, sivistynyt
- Italian: sofisticato
- Russian: утончённый (utončónnyj), изощрённый (izoš'r'ónnyj)
- ttbc Scottish Gaelic: ionnsaichte, iùlmhor, grinn, foghlaimte
- ttbc Spanish: elegante, mundano, refinado, sofisticado
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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