sophisticated
adjective
[ səˈfɪstɪkeɪtɪd ]
• having, revealing, or involving a great deal of worldly experience and knowledge of fashion and culture.
• "a chic, sophisticated woman"
Similar:
worldly,
worldly-wise,
experienced,
enlightened,
cosmopolitan,
knowledgeable,
suave,
urbane,
cultured,
cultivated,
civilized,
polished,
smooth,
refined,
elegant,
stylish,
media-savvy,
cool,
• (of a machine, system, or technique) developed to a high degree of complexity.
• "highly sophisticated computer systems"
Similar:
advanced,
highly developed,
innovatory,
trailblazing,
revolutionary,
modern,
ultra-modern,
futuristic,
avant-garde,
state of the art,
the latest,
new,
the newest,
up to the minute,
complex,
complicated,
elaborate,
intricate,
subtle,
delicate,
gimmicky,
sophisticate
verb
• make (someone or something) more sophisticated.
• "readers who have been sophisticated by modern literary practice"
• talk or reason in an impressively complex and educated manner.
• "she'll sophisticate in three languages"
Origin:
late Middle English (as an adjective in the sense ‘adulterated’, and as a verb in the sense ‘mix with a foreign substance’): from medieval Latin sophisticatus ‘tampered with’, past participle of the verb sophisticare, from sophisticus ‘sophistic’. The shift of sense probably occurred first in the adjective unsophisticated, from ‘uncorrupted’ via ‘innocent’ to ‘inexperienced, uncultured’. The noun dates from the early 20th century.
