1. A worldly-wise person
   - man of the world

1. Make less natural or innocent
   "Their manners had sophisticated the young girls" 
2. Practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive
   - twist, twist around, pervert, convolute 
3. Alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive
   "Sophisticate rose water with geraniol"
   - doctor, doctor up 
4. Make more complex or refined
   "a sophisticated design"

Derived forms: sophisticating, sophisticated, sophisticates

See also: sophistication

Type of: adult, adulterate, civilise [Brit], civilize, complicate, cultivate, debase, denote, dilute, educate, elaborate, grownup, load, rarify, refer, refine, school, stretch, train

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