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sophisticate

DEFINITIONS OF: sophisticate

1

v make less natural or innocent

“Their manners had sophisticated the young girls”
Type of:
civilise, civilize, cultivate, educate, school, train
teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment

v alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive

“Sophisticate rose water with geraniol”
Synonyms:
doctor, doctor up
Type of:
adulterate, debase, dilute, load, stretch
corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones

v make more complex or refined

“a sophisticated design”
Type of:
complicate, elaborate, rarify, refine
make more complex, intricate, or richer

v practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive

Synonyms:
convolute, pervert, twist, twist around
Type of:
denote, refer
have as a meaning

n a worldly-wise person

Synonyms:
man of the world
Types:
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cosmopolitan, cosmopolite
a sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries
slicker
a person with good manners and stylish clothing
city boy, city slicker
a city dweller with sophisticated manners and clothing
globetrotter, world traveler
someone who travels widely and often
Type of:
adult, grownup
a fully developed person from maturity onward
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