sophisticated en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
First English usage circa 1601. From Medieval Latin sophisticatus.
Meanings
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Of a person: having obtained worldly experience, and lacking naiveté; cosmopolitan, worldly-wise.
Set against the background of the American civil war, with Keaton a cunning but unskilled driver, unaided, of the ponderous giant of a locomotive, it remains not only probably the funniest film about railways ever made, but one of the funniest silent films to retain its comic power over today's more sophisticated audiences.
1958 February 14, David Gunston, “Railways on the Screen”, in Railway Magazine, page 88:
- Of art or other things: appealing to the tastes of an intellectual or sophisticated (sense 1) person; cerebral; also, cultured, elegant, refined.
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Complicated, especially of complex technology.
The much more sophisticated and personable chatbots of today are the “Eliza effect on steroids,” [Sherry] Turkle said.
2025 December 19, Kashmir Hill, quoting Sherry Turkle, “Why Do A.I. Chatbots Use ‘I’?”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Dec 2025:
- (obsolete) Mixed with a foreign or inferior substance; not genuine or pure; unrefined, adulterated, impure.
- (obsolete) Of a thing: having its meaning changed in a deceptive or misleading way.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more sophisticated | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most sophisticated | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
pseudo-sophisticated · oversophisticated · sophisti-pop · sophisticatedness · unsophisticated · sophisticated falsificationism · hypersophisticated · sophisticatedly · ultrasophisticated · supersophisticated
Relateds
philosophy · sophisticate · sophistry · sophist
Synonyms
sophisticated · polluted · tainted · mixed · polluted · contaminated · tainted · common · sophisticate · worldly · urbane · sophisticate · corrupted · adulterated
Translations (120)
pt sofisticado (elegant, refined) · tr sofistike (appealing to the tastes of an intellectual) · de kultiviert (having obtained worldly experience) · de erfahren (having obtained worldly experience) · fr raffiné (elegant, refined) · ro sofisticat (appealing to the tastes of an intellectual) · nb sofistikert (complicated, especially of technology) · pl złożony (complicated, especially of technology) · la urbānus (elegant, refined) · nn sofistikert (complicated, especially of technology) · sv sofistikerad (complicated, especially of technology) · es elaborado (complicated, especially of technology) · tr rafine (elegant, refined) · ru изощрённый (appealing to the tastes of an intellectual) · nb sofistikert (having obtained worldly experience) · ro sofisticat (complicated, especially of technology) · sh iskusan (having obtained worldly experience) · pl wyrafinowany (appealing to the tastes of an intellectual) · fr sophistiqué (elegant, refined) · de raffiniert (elegant, refined) · cmn 精炼的 (appealing to the tastes of an intellectual) · es elegante (appealing to the tastes of an intellectual) · sv erfaren (having obtained worldly experience) · ro sofisticat (having obtained worldly experience) · fr cosmopolite (having obtained worldly experience) · fr sophistiqué (complicated, especially of technology) · sh sofisticiran (having obtained worldly experience) · cmn 有经验的 (having obtained worldly experience) · be мудрагелісты (complicated, especially of technology) · ro complicat (complicated, especially of technology) · nb sofistikert (appealing to the tastes of an intellectual) · es de mundo (having obtained worldly experience) · bg усложнен (complicated, especially of technology) · pt sofisticado (complicated, especially of technology) · la urbānus (having obtained worldly experience) · sv världsvan (having obtained worldly experience) · es sofisticado (appealing to the tastes of an intellectual) · it sofisticato (complicated, especially of technology) · el πολύπλοκος (complicated, especially of technology) · nl geperfectioneerd (complicated, especially of technology) · ca sofisticat (having obtained worldly experience) · bg комплициран (complicated, especially of technology) · mk префинет (elegant, refined) · pl wymyślny (appealing to the tastes of an intellectual) · nl gesofisticeerd (elegant, refined) · pl wyszukany (appealing to the tastes of an intellectual) · hu kifinomult (complicated, especially of technology) · bg изтънчен (appealing to the tastes of an intellectual) · de weltgewandt (having obtained worldly experience) · fr chic (elegant, refined) · ro rafinat (appealing to the tastes of an intellectual) · es refinado (appealing to the tastes of an intellectual) · mk запознаен (having obtained worldly experience) · grc πολύπλοκος (complicated, especially of technology) · tr komplike (complicated, especially of technology) · el εγκεφαλικός (appealing to the tastes of an intellectual) · nl wereldwijs (having obtained worldly experience) · mk префинет (appealing to the tastes of an intellectual) · ko 정교한 (complicated, especially of technology) · bg изкушен (having obtained worldly experience) · sv raffinerad (appealing to the tastes of an intellectual) · he מתוחכם / מְתֻחְכָּם (complicated, especially of technology) · mk рафиниран (elegant, refined) · mi marutuna (complicated, especially of technology) · pl obyty (having obtained worldly experience) · ru сло́жный (complicated, especially of technology) · pt sofisticado (appealing to the tastes of an intellectual) · fi hienostunut (having obtained worldly experience) · de raffiniert (complicated, especially of technology) · el κομψός (elegant, refined) · mi mātanga (having obtained worldly experience) · es sofisticado (having obtained worldly experience) · el έμπειρος (having obtained worldly experience) · ro elegant (appealing to the tastes of an intellectual) · de hochentwickelt (complicated, especially of technology) · pt sofisticado (having obtained worldly experience) · fr sophistiqué (appealing to the tastes of an intellectual) · ru о́пытный (having obtained worldly experience) · es sofisticado (complicated, especially of technology) · de kultiviert (elegant, refined) · mk искусен (having obtained worldly experience) · cmn 先进的 (complicated, especially of technology) · de ausgeklügelt (complicated, especially of technology) · grc ἀστεῖος (elegant, refined) · ru замыслова́тый (complicated, especially of technology) · fi sivistynyt (appealing to the tastes of an intellectual) · tr sofistike (elegant, refined) · fr mondain (elegant, refined) · it sofisticato (having obtained worldly experience) · cs sofistikovaný (complicated, especially of technology) · pl skomplikowany (complicated, especially of technology) · pt requintado (elegant, refined) · bg рафиниран (elegant, refined) · el σύνθετος (complicated, especially of technology) · it sofisticato (appealing to the tastes of an intellectual) · ru умудрённый (having obtained worldly experience) · es complicado (complicated, especially of technology) · sv sofistikerad (appealing to the tastes of an intellectual) · fi hienostunut (appealing to the tastes of an intellectual) · el εκλεπτυσμένος (elegant, refined) · el πολύπειρος (having obtained worldly experience) · fi monimutkainen (complicated, especially of technology) · nn sofistikert (appealing to the tastes of an intellectual) · ru мудрёный (complicated, especially of technology) · nn sofistikert (having obtained worldly experience) · ru утончённый (appealing to the tastes of an intellectual) · fa پیشرفته (complicated, especially of technology) · mk отмен (elegant, refined) · tr şık (elegant, refined) · mk способен (having obtained worldly experience) · mk истанчен (appealing to the tastes of an intellectual) · hu kifinomult (elegant, refined) · es complejo (complicated, especially of technology) · mi mātanga (appealing to the tastes of an intellectual) · ru искушённый (having obtained worldly experience) · sh prefinjen (having obtained worldly experience) · de raffiniert (appealing to the tastes of an intellectual) · tr kozmopolit (having obtained worldly experience) · mk сложен (complicated, especially of technology) · sh vješt (having obtained worldly experience)