nnoun.persona worldly-wise personSynset:man of the world
Derivationally Related Form:sophisticate
Hypernyms:adult grownup
Inherited Hypernyms:sophisticateadultpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:sophisticateadultpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:cosmopolitancosmopoliteslicker
Full Hyponyms:city slickercosmopolitanglobetrotterslicker
vverb.socialmake less natural or innocentExamples:- Their manners had sophisticated the young girls
Derivationally Related Form:sophisticatesophistication
Hypernyms:civilise civilize cultivate educate school train
Inherited Hypernyms:sophisticateeducatepolishbetterchange
Sentence Frame:Something ---s somebody
vverb.communicationpractice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceiveSynset:convolute pervert twist twist around
Derivationally Related Form:twisttwistingsophistication
Hypernyms:denote refer
Inherited Hypernyms:twistdenotemean
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.changealter and make impure, as with the intention to deceiveSynset:doctor doctor up
Examples:- Sophisticate rose water with geraniol
Hypernyms:adulterate debase dilute load stretch
Inherited Hypernyms:sophisticateloadcorruptmodifychange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.changemake more complex or refinedDerivationally Related Form:sophistication
Hypernyms:complicate elaborate rarify refine
Inherited Hypernyms:sophisticatecomplicatechange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something