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 sophisticate 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 sophisticate
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
adjadj.allhaving or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir-faireExamples:- sophisticated young socialites
- a sophisticated audience
- a sophisticated lifestyle
- a sophisticated book
Antonyms:naive
Inherited Hypernyms:sophisticated
Similar to:blase worldly intelligent well-informed polished refined urbane worldly-wise
See also:cosmopolitan disenchanted elegant informed literate secular temporal widely distributed worldly
adj satadj.allahead in development; complex or intricateSynset:advanced
Examples:- advanced technology
- a sophisticated electronic control system
Antonyms:low-tech
Inherited Hypernyms:advanced
Similar to:hi-tech high-tech
adj satadj.allintellectually appealingAntonyms:nonintellectual
Inherited Hypernyms:sophisticated
Similar to:intellectual