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Webster 1913 Edition

Sophisticated

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So-phis′ti-cate

So-phis′ti-caˊted

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Adj.

Adulterated; not pure; not genuine.

So truth, while only one supplied the state,
Grew scare and dear, and yet

sophisticate

Dryden.

Definition 2024

sophisticated

English

Adjective

sophisticated ‎(comparative more sophisticated, superlative most sophisticated)

Having obtained worldly experience, and lacking naiveté; cosmopolitan.
Elegant, refined.
Complicated, especially of complex technology.
Appealing to the tastes of an intellectual; cerebral.
(obsolete, Britain) Dishonest or misleading.

Antonyms

(having obtained worldly experience): provincial

Synonyms

(having obtained worldly experience): worldly
(elegant, refined): refined

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Translations

having obtained worldly experience

Catalan: sofisticat
Dutch: wereldwijs
Finnish: hienostunut (fi)
French: cosmopolite (fr) m, f
German: erfahren (de), weltgewandt, kultiviert (de)
Greek: έμπειρος (el) m ‎(émpeiros), πολύπειρος (el) m ‎(polýpeiros)
Italian: sofisticato (it)
Macedonian: запознаен m ‎(zapóznaen), способен m ‎(spósoben), искусен m ‎(ískusen)
Maori: mātanga
Norwegian:

Bokmål: sofistikert (no)

Nynorsk: sofistikert

Polish: obyty m
Portuguese: sofisticado (pt) m
Romanian: sofisticat (ro)
Russian: искушённый (ru) ‎(iskušónnyj), умудрённый (umudr'ónyj), о́пытный (ru) ‎(ópytnyj)
Serbo-Croatian: sofisticiran (sh) m, prefinjen m, iskusan (sh), vješt (sh)
Spanish: de mundo, sofisticado (es)
Swedish: världsvan (sv), erfaren (sv)

elegant, refined

French: chic (fr) m, f, raffiné (fr) m, mondain (fr) m, sophistiqué (fr) m
Greek: κομψός (el) m ‎(kompsós), εκλεπτυσμένος (el) m ‎(ekleptysménos)

Hungarian: kifinomult (hu)

complicated, especially of technology

Belarusian: мудрагелісты m ‎(mudrahjelisty)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 复杂 (zh)
Dutch: geperfectioneerd (nl)
Finnish: hienostunut (fi), monimutkainen (fi)
French: sophistiqué (fr) m
German: hochentwickelt, raffiniert (de), ausgeklügelt (de)
Greek: σύνθετος (el) m ‎(sýnthetos), πολύπλοκος (el) m ‎(polýplokos)
Hungarian: kifinomult (hu)
Italian: sofisticato (it)
Macedonian: сложен (mk) m ‎(slóžen)

Maori: marutuna
Norwegian:

Bokmål: sofistikert (no)

Nynorsk: sofistikert
Persian: پیشرفته (fa) ‎(piš-rafte)
Polish: złożony (pl) m, skomplikowany (pl) m
Portuguese: sofisticado (pt)
Romanian: sofisticat (ro), complicat (ro) m, n
Russian: сло́жный (ru) ‎(slóžnyj), мудрёный (mudr'ónyj), замыслова́тый (ru) ‎(zamyslovátyj)
Spanish: sofisticado (es), complejo (es), complicado (es), elaborado (es)

appealing to the tastes of an intellectual

Finnish: hienostunut (fi), sivistynyt (fi)
French: sophistiqué (fr) m
German: raffiniert (de)
Greek: εγκεφαλικός (el) m ‎(enkefalikós)
Italian: sofisticato (it)
Macedonian: префинет m ‎(préfinet)
Maori: mātanga
Norwegian:

Bokmål: sofistikert (no)

Nynorsk: sofistikert

Polish: wyszukany (pl) m, wyrafinowany (pl) m, wymyślny m
Portuguese: sofisticado (pt)
Romanian: rafinat (ro), elegant (ro), sofisticat (ro)
Russian: утончённый (ru) ‎(utončónnyj), изощрённый (izoš'r'ónnyj)
Spanish: refinado (es), elegante (es), sofisticado (es)

Verb

sophisticated

simple past tense and past participle of sophisticate

References

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary: Tenth Edition 1997

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Webster 1913 Edition

Sophisticated

So-phis′ti-cate

So-phis′ti-caˊted

Definition 2024

sophisticated

sophisticated

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