sophisticated

so·phis·ti·cat·ed  (s-fst-ktd)

adj.

1. Having acquired worldly knowledge or refinement; lacking natural simplicity or naiveté.

2. Very complex or complicated: the latest and most sophisticated technology.

3. Suitable for or appealing to the tastes of sophisticates: a sophisticated drama.

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so·phisti·cated·ly adv.

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sophisticated [səˈfɪstɪˌkeɪtɪd]

adj

1. having refined or cultured tastes and habits

2. appealing to sophisticates a sophisticated restaurant

3. unduly refined or cultured

4. pretentiously or superficially wise

5. (of machines, methods, etc.) complex and refined

sophisticatedly  adv

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	sophisticated - having or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir-faire; "sophisticated young socialites"; "a sophisticated audience"; "a sophisticated lifestyle"; "a sophisticated book" elegant - refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style; "elegant handwriting"; "an elegant dark suit"; "she was elegant to her fingertips"; "small churches with elegant white spires"; "an elegant mathematical solution--simple and precise and lucid" disenchanted - freed from enchantment cosmopolitan, widely distributed - growing or occurring in many parts of the world; "a cosmopolitan herb"; "cosmopolitan in distribution" informed - having much knowledge or education; "an informed public"; "informed opinion"; "the informed customer" literate - able to read and write worldly, secular, temporal - characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world; "worldly goods and advancement"; "temporal possessions of the church" naif, naive - marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience; "a teenager's naive ignorance of life"; "the naive assumption that things can only get better"; "this naive simple creature with wide friendly eyes so eager to believe appearances"
	2.	sophisticated - ahead in development; complex or intricate; "advanced technology"; "a sophisticated electronic control system" advanced hi-tech, high-tech - resembling or making use of highly advanced technology or devices
	3.	sophisticated - intellectually appealing; "a sophisticated drama" intellectual - appealing to or using the intellect; "satire is an intellectual weapon"; "intellectual workers engaged in creative literary or artistic or scientific labor"; "has tremendous intellectual sympathy for oppressed people"; "coldly intellectual"; "sort of the intellectual type"; "intellectual literature"

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sophisticated

adjective

1. complex, advanced, complicated, subtle, delicate, elaborate, refined, intricate, multifaceted, highly-developed a large and sophisticated new telescope
complex simple, basic, uncomplicated, unsophisticated, plain, old-fashioned, primitive, unrefined, unsubtle

2. cultured, refined, cultivated, worldly, cosmopolitan, urbane, jet-set, world-weary, citified, worldly-wise Recently her tastes have become more sophisticated.
cultured unsophisticated, unrefined, unworldly, naive, wet behind the ears (informal)

Translations

sophisticated [səˈfɪstɪkeɪtɪd] ADJ

1. (= refined) [person, lifestyle, tastes, clothes] → sofisticado

2. (= complex) [idea] → sofisticado; [equipment] → sofisticado, complejo, altamente desarrollado; [technique] → sofisticado, muy elaborado, complejo; [play, film, book] → muy elaborado, complejo
a sophisticated approach to planning → un modo sofisticado de enfocar la planificación

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sophisticated [səˈfɪstɪkeɪtɪd] adj

(= advanced) [system] → sophistiqué(e); [machine, device, equipment, method, technology] → sophistiqué(e)

(= refined) [person, tastes] → raffiné(e), sophistiqué(e)

(= intelligent) [audience] → avisé(e); [observer] → averti(e)

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sophisticated

adj

(= worldly, cultivated) → kultiviert; cabaret act, audience → anspruchsvoll, niveauvoll; restaurant → niveauvoll; hairdo → gepflegt, elegant; dress → raffiniert, schick; she’s a very sophisticated young lady considering she’s only twelve → für eine Zwölfjährige ist sie schon sehr weit; she thinks she looks more sophisticated with a cigarette holder → sie glaubt, mit einer Zigarettenspitze mehr darzustellen

(= complex, advanced) → hoch entwickelt; techniques → raffiniert; method → durchdacht; device → ausgeklügelt

(= subtle, refined) → subtil; prose, style, discussion → anspruchsvoll; plan → ausgeklügelt, raffiniert; system, approach → differenziert, komplex; mind → differenziert; the conversation was too sophisticated for me → mir war die Unterhaltung zu hochgestochen; politically sophisticated → politisch anspruchsvoll

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sophisticated [səˈfɪstɪˌkeɪtɪd] adj (method, machine) → sofisticato/a; (person) → raffinato/a, sofisticato/a; (clothes, room) → raffinato/a; (discussion) → sottile; (mind, film) → complicato/a

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sophisticated [səˈfɪstɪˌkeɪtɪd] adj (method, machine) → sofisticato/a; (person) → raffinato/a, sofisticato/a; (clothes, room) → raffinato/a; (discussion) → sottile; (mind, film) → complicato/a

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sophisticated

adj sophisticated [səˈfistikeitid]

(negativeunsophisticated)

1 (of a person) having a great deal of experience and worldly wisdom, knowledge of how to dress elegantly etc a sophisticated young man; She has become very sophisticated since she went to live in London. gesofistikeerd مُحَنَّك، ذو دِرايَه изтънчен znalý světa, kultivovaný raffineret erfahren εκλεπτυσμένος, ραφινάτος, καλλιεργημένος sofisticado haritud, elutark, peen خبره؛ ماهر hienostunut, sivistynyt élégant, raffiné מְתוּחכָּם जटिल profinjen, kultiviran (túl) kifinomult berpengalaman veraldarvanur raffinato 洗練された (사람 등이) 세련된, 세상 물정에 익숙한 patyręs, išmaningas pieredzējis; izsmalcināts; smalks sofistikated wereldwijs verdensvant, raffinert, jålet, sofistikert obyty, bywały sofisticado ele­gant, rafinat искушённый; умудрённый опытом skúsený, znalý sveta; vyspelý prefinjen prefinjen sofistikerad ซึ่งมีประสบการณ์มาก deneyimli, hayat tecrübeli, kültürlü 非常老練的 витончений مہذّب، نفیس الطبع thạo đời, sành điệu 非常老练的

2 suitable for, or typical of, sophisticated people The joke was too sophisticated for the child to understand; sophisticated clothes/hairstyles. gesofistikeerd مُعَقَّد светски rafinovaný; exkluzivní avanceret; raffineret anspruchsvoll εξεζητημένος sutil, sofisticado, complejo keeruline, nõudlik سطح بالا vaateliasta makua tyydyttävä, vaativa subtil, recherché מְתוּחכָּם profinjen, sofisticiran (túl) bonyolult maju margbrotinn ricercato こっている 복잡한 įmantrus smalks; sarežģīts sofistikated subtiel raffinert, sofistikert wyrafinowany, wymyślny sofisticado subtil, căutat сложный; изысканный náročný; exkluzívny prefinjen prefinjen raffinerad, avancerad ซึ่งเหมาะสม kibar, zevkli, 複雜的 досвідчений в життєвих справах; вишуканий ما مذاق لوگوں کے لائق công phu, rắc rối 复杂的

3 (of machines, processes etc) highly-developed, elaborate and produced with a high degree of skill and knowledge sophisticated photographic techniques. gesofistikeerd مُتَطَوِّر، مُعَقَّد усъвършенстван složitý, náročný avanceret hochentwickelt υπερσύγχρονος sofisticado kõrgetasemeline, kõrg- پيشرفته؛ پيچيده pitkälle kehittynyt sophistiqué מְתוּחכָּם složen, kompliciran (túl) bonyolult modern háþróaður sofisticato 精巧な (기계, 공정 등이) 정교한 sudėtingas komplicēts; sarežģīts; smalks canggih hoog ontwikkeld avansert, raffinert, sofistikert skomplikowany sofisticado sofisticat сложный; современный zložitý, náročný visoko razvit sofisticiran avancerad, komplicerad ซึ่งซับซ้อน yüksek teknoloji ürünü 尖端的 складний, тонкий پیچیدہ ، ترقی یافتہ اشیا، خیال وغیرہ tinh vi, phức tạp 尖端的

n soˌphistiˈcation

sofistikasie تَعْقيد، تَطَوُّر изтънченост rafinovanost; složitost raffinement; kompleksitet die Erfahrung εκζήτηση, πολυπλοκότητα sofisticación elutarkus, keerukus hienostuneisuus, monimutkaisuus raffinement; complexité תִחכּוּם कृत्रिमता izopačenje, profinjenost álokoskodás; mesterkéltség, (meg)hamisítás; bonyolultan kifinomult ízlés kemodernan forfrömun raffinatezza; ricercatezza; sofisticazione 洗練 궤변, 억지이론, 세련, 정교, 야박함 sudėtingumas, įmantrumas izsmalcinātība; sarežģītība; smalkums kecanggihan wereldwijsheid, verfijning raffinement, jåleri; avansert teknikk obycie, wysoki poziom sofisticação rafinament; com­ple­xi­tate искушённость; изысканность skúsenosť, znalosť sveta; náročnosť; zložitosť prefinjenost prefinjenost raffinemang, förfining, finesser ความคิดที่ซับซ้อนเนื่องจากการศึกษา/ผ่านประสบการณ์มามาก kültürlülük, gelişmişlik 複雜化 вишуканість, витонченість تصنّع، نفاست sự tinh vi, phức tạp 复杂化

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sophisticated → متكلف vkusný sofistikeret anspruchsvoll εξεζητημένος sofisticado hienostunut sophistiqué sofisticiran sofisticato 洗練された 세련된 subtiel sofistikert wyrafinowany sofisticado искушенный sofistikerad ที่ดูมีรสนิยมสูง rafine sành điệu 尖端的