sophisticated

English

Etymology

Medieval Latin sophisticatus. (Eng. usg. 1601)
Ancient Greek sophist.

Adjective

sophisticated (comparative more sophisticated, superlative most sophisticated)

1. Having obtained worldly experience, and lacking naiveté; cosmopolitan.
2. elegant, refined.
3. Complicated, especially of complex technology.
4. Appealing to the tastes of an intellectual; cerebral.
5. Dishonest or misleading (rare; primarily British English).

Antonyms

• provincial

Synonyms

• worldly

References

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary: Tenth Edition 1997

Related terms

• sophisticate
• sophist
• philosophy

Translations

Having obtained worldly experience, and lacking naiveté; cosmopolitan

Dutch: wereldwijs (nl) Finnish: hienostunut (fi) German: erfahren, weltgewandt Italian: sofisticato (it) Macedonian: запознаен (mk) (zapóznaen) m., способен (mk) (spósoben) m., искусен (mk) (ískusen) m. Norwegian: sostifikert (no) Polish: obyty (pl) m.

Portuguese: sofisticado (pt) m. Romanian: sofisticat (ro) Russian: искушённый (iskušónnyj), умудрённый (umudr'ónyj), опытный (ópytnyj) Spanish: de mundo, sofisticado Swedish: världsvan (sv), erfaren (sv)

Complicated, especially of complex technology

Dutch: geperfectioneerd (nl) Finnish: hienostunut (fi), monimutkainen (fi) Italian: sofisticato (it) Macedonian: сложен (mk) (slóžen) m.

Polish: złożony (pl) m., skomplikowany (pl) m. Romanian: sofisticat (ro), complicat (ro) m. and n. Russian: сложный (slóžnyj), мудрёный (mudr'ónyj), замысловатый (zamyslovátyj) Spanish: sofisticado (es), complejo (es), complicado (es), elaborado (es)

Appealing to the tastes of an intellectual; cerebral

Finnish: hienostunut (fi), sivistynyt (fi) Italian: sofisticato (it) Macedonian: префинет (mk) (préfinet) m. Polish: wyszukany (pl) m., wyrafinowany (pl) m., wymyślny (pl) m.

Romanian: rafinat (ro), elegant (ro), sofisticat (ro) Russian: утончённый (utončónnyj), изощрённый (izoš'r'ónnyj) Spanish: refinado (es), elegante (es), sofisticado (es)

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French: chic, raffiné, mondain, sophistiqué German: mondän

Scottish Gaelic: ionnsaichte, iùlmhor, grinn, foghlaimte Spanish: erudito