sophisticate
Synonym of sophisticatedSynonym of sophisticated (adjective).: Of a person: experienced in the ways of the world; cosmopolitan, worldly-wise.
Meaning
4 sensesSynonym of sophisticated (adjective).
Of a person: experienced in the ways of the world; cosmopolitan, worldly-wise.
Of art or other things: appealing to the tastes of an intellectual or sophisticated (sense 1.1) person; cerebral; also, cultured, elegant, refined.
(obsolete)Mixed with a foreign or inferior substance; not genuine or pure; adulterated, impure.
(obsolete)Of a thing: having its meaning changed in a deceptive or misleading way.
Examples
106 sentencesI never was sophisticated.
Я ніколи не був витонченим. — deniko
Mary is a sophisticated lady.
Мері — витончена леді. — deniko
Tom said I looked sophisticated.
Том сказав, що я виглядаю вишукано. — deniko
You're very sophisticated.
Ти дуже витончений. — deniko
ruТы весьма умудрённый. — odexed
Tom is a pretty sophisticated guy.
Origin
From Middle English sophisticat, sophisticate (“adulterated; not genuine, counterfeit”), aFrom Middle English sophisticat, sophisticate (“adulterated; not genuine, counterfeit”), an adjective use of the past participle of sophisticaten (verb) See Etymology 1 and -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more.
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Forms
more sophisticate, most sophisticate| Comparative | more sophisticate Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most sophisticate Lesson |
regular
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.