sophisticatedadjective
uk/səˈfɪs.tɪ.keɪ.tɪd/us/səˈfɪs.tə.keɪ.t̬ɪd/B2 having a good understanding of the way people behave and/or a good knowledge of culture and fashion:
She was slim, svelte, and sophisticated.
I don't think I have any books that would suit your sophisticated tastes.
He was older than me and from London and I thought him very sophisticated.
B2 intelligent or made in a complicated way and therefore able to do complicated tasks:
I think a more sophisticated approach is needed to solve this problem.
These are among the most sophisticated weapons in the world.
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- He's very suave and sophisticated.
- She certainly appeared very sophisticated to me.
- He's transformed from an awkward teenager into a sophisticated young man.
- The little we do know about the people who lived here suggests they had a very sophisticated society.
- The sophisticated avionics enable the helicopter to operate at night.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Experienced
- a man/woman of the world idiom
- cosmopolitan
- duck
- experienced
- grandmother
- leading hand
- old-timer
- pedigreed
- practised
- ridge
- sea dog
- seasoned
- sophistication
- take to sth like a duck to water idiom
- teach your grandmother to suck eggs idiom
- urbane
- veteran
- warhorse
- world
- worldly
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