English
Etymology
First English usage circa 1601. (deprecated template usage ) [etyl] Medieval Latin sophisticatus .
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 , UK ) Dishonest or misleading .
( obsolete , UK ) Impure ; adulterated .
Synonyms
( having obtained worldly experience ) : worldly
( elegant, refined ) : refined
Antonyms
Translations
having obtained worldly experience
Catalan: sofisticat
Chinese:
Mandarin: 有经验的
Dutch: wereldwijs (nl)
Finnish: hienostunut (fi)
French: cosmopolite (fr) m or f
German: erfahren (de) , weltgewandt , kultiviert (de)
Greek: έμπειρος (el) m ( émpeiros ) , πολύπειρος (el) m ( polýpeiros )
Italian: sofisticato (it)
Latin: urbānus (la)
Macedonian: запознаен m ( zapoznaen ) , способен m ( sposoben ) , искусен m ( iskusen )
Maori: mātanga
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Norwegian:
Bokmål: sofistikert (no)
Nynorsk: sofistikert
Polish: obyty m
Portuguese: sofisticado (pt) m
Romanian: sofisticat (ro)
Russian: искушённый (ru) ( iskušónnyj ) , умудрённый (ru) ( umudrjónnyj ) , о́пытный (ru) ( ópytnyj )
Serbo-Croatian: sofisticiran (sh) m , prefinjen m , iskusan (sh) , vješt (sh)
Spanish: de mundo , sofisticado (es)
Swedish: världsvan (sv) , erfaren (sv)
complicated, especially of technology
Belarusian: мудрагелісты m ( mudrahjelisty )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 先进的
Czech: sofistikovaný (cs)
Dutch: geperfectioneerd (nl)
Finnish: monimutkainen (fi)
French: sophistiqué (fr) m
German: hochentwickelt , raffiniert (de) , ausgeklügelt (de)
Greek: σύνθετος (el) m ( sýnthetos ) , πολύπλοκος (el) m ( polýplokos )
Ancient: πολύπλοκος ( polúplokos )
Hungarian: kifinomult (hu)
Italian: sofisticato (it)
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Korean: 정교한 ( jeonggyohan )
Macedonian: сложен (mk) m ( složen )
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 or n
Russian: сло́жный (ru) ( slóžnyj ) , мудрёный (ru) ( mudrjónyj ) , замыслова́тый (ru) ( zamyslovátyj )
Spanish: sofisticado (es) , complejo (es) , complicado (es) , elaborado (es)
appealing to the tastes of an intellectual
Translations to be checked
Verb
sophisticated
simple past and past participle of sophisticate
References
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary: Tenth Edition 1997