sophisticated

adjective

Of a person: having obtained worldly experience, and lacking naiveté; cosmopolitan, worldly-wise.

Of art or other things: appealing to the tastes of an intellectual or sophisticated (sense 1) person; cerebral; also, cultured, elegant, refined.

Complicated, especially of complex technology.

(obsolete) Mixed with a foreign or inferior substance; not genuine or pure; unrefined, adulterated, impure.

(obsolete) Of a thing: having its meaning changed in a deceptive or misleading way.

Roots

sophossoph- · Greek · wise

Synonyms for sophisticated

advancedadj refinedadj elegantadj urbaneadj classyadj unsophisticatedadj ritzyadj snazzyadj smartadj chicadj swankyadj suaveadj subtleadj sleekadj culturedadj intricateadj

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