SOPHISTICATED as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • marked by wide-ranging knowledge and appreciation of many parts of the world arising from urban life and wide travel
   Synonym(s)
   • urbane (what does urbane mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the sophisticated manners of a true cosmopolite
   • urbane and pliant…he was at ease even in the drawing rooms of Paris
   Similar To
   • cosmopolitan (what does cosmopolitan mean?)
2. Meaning
   • ahead in development
   • complex or intricate
   Synonym(s)
   • advanced (what does advanced mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • advanced technology
   • a sophisticated electronic control system
   Similar To
   • high-tech (what does high-tech mean?)
   • hi-tech (what does hi-tech mean?)
3. Meaning
   • intellectually appealing
   Usage Example(s)
   • a sophisticated drama
   Similar To
   • intellectual (what does intellectual mean?)
4. Meaning
   • having or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir faire
   Usage Example(s)
   • sophisticated young socialites
   • a sophisticated audience
   • a sophisticated lifestyle
   • a sophisticated book
   Antonym(s)
   • naive (what does naive mean?)
   • naif (what does naif mean?)
   Similar To
   • blase (what does blase mean?)
   • worldly (what does worldly mean?)
   • intelligent (what does intelligent mean?)
   • well-informed (what does well-informed mean?)
   • polished (what does polished mean?)
   • refined (what does refined mean?)
   • svelte (what does svelte mean?)
   • urbane (what does urbane mean?)
   • worldly-wise (what does worldly-wise mean?)
   See Also
   • cosmopolitan (what does cosmopolitan mean?)
   • widely distributed (what does widely distributed mean?)
   • disenchanted (what does disenchanted mean?)
   • elegant (what does elegant mean?)
   • informed (what does informed mean?)
   • literate (what does literate mean?)
   • worldly (what does worldly mean?)