sophisticated

English

Etymology

First English usage circa 1601. Medieval Latin sophisticatus.

Adjective

sophisticated (comparative more sophisticated, superlative most sophisticated)

Having obtained worldly experience, and lacking naiveté; cosmopolitan.
Elegant, refined.
Complicated, especially of complex technology.
Appealing to the tastes of an intellectual; cerebral.
(obsolete, Britain) Dishonest or misleading.
(obsolete, Britain) Impure; adulterated.

Synonyms

(having obtained worldly experience): worldly
(elegant, refined): refined

Antonyms

(having obtained worldly experience): provincial

Related terms

Translations

having obtained worldly experience

Catalan: sofisticat
Chinese:
Mandarin: 有经验的
Dutch: wereldwijs (nl)
Finnish: hienostunut (fi)
French: cosmopolite (fr) m or f
German: erfahren (de), weltgewandt, kultiviert (de)
Greek: έμπειρος (el) m (émpeiros), πολύπειρος (el) m (polýpeiros)
Italian: sofisticato (it)
Macedonian: запознаен m (zapóznaen), способен m (spósoben), искусен m (ískusen)
Maori: mātanga

Norwegian:
Bokmål: sofistikert (no)

Nynorsk: sofistikert
Polish: obyty m
Portuguese: sofisticado (pt) m
Romanian: sofisticat (ro)
Russian: искушённый (ru) (iskušónnyj), умудрённый (umudr'ónyj), о́пытный (ru) (ópytnyj)
Serbo-Croatian: sofisticiran (sh) m, prefinjen m, iskusan (sh), vješt (sh)
Spanish: de mundo, sofisticado (es)
Swedish: världsvan (sv), erfaren (sv)

elegant, refined

French: chic (fr) m or f, raffiné (fr) m, mondain (fr) m, sophistiqué (fr) m
Greek: κομψός (el) m (kompsós), εκλεπτυσμένος (el) m (ekleptysménos)
Ancient: ἀστεῖος (asteîos)

Hungarian: kifinomult (hu)
Portuguese: sofisticado (pt), requintado

complicated, especially of technology

Belarusian: мудрагелісты m (mudrahjelisty)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 先进的
Czech: sofistikovaný (cs)
Dutch: geperfectioneerd (nl)
Finnish: monimutkainen (fi)
French: sophistiqué (fr) m
German: hochentwickelt, raffiniert (de), ausgeklügelt (de)
Greek: σύνθετος (el) m (sýnthetos), πολύπλοκος (el) m (polýplokos)
Ancient: πολύπλοκος (polúplokos)
Hungarian: kifinomult (hu)
Italian: sofisticato (it)

Korean: 정교한 (jeonggyohan)
Macedonian: сложен (mk) m (slóžen)
Maori: marutuna
Norwegian:
Bokmål: sofistikert (no)

Nynorsk: sofistikert
Persian: پیشرفته‎ (fa) (piš-rafte)
Polish: złożony (pl) m, skomplikowany (pl) m
Portuguese: sofisticado (pt)
Romanian: sofisticat (ro), complicat (ro) m or n
Russian: сло́жный (ru) (slóžnyj), мудрёный (mudr'ónyj), замыслова́тый (ru) (zamyslovátyj)
Spanish: sofisticado (es), complejo (es), complicado (es), elaborado (es)

appealing to the tastes of an intellectual

Chinese:
Mandarin: 精炼的
Finnish: hienostunut (fi), sivistynyt (fi)
French: sophistiqué (fr) m
German: raffiniert (de)
Greek: εγκεφαλικός (el) m (egkefalikós)
Italian: sofisticato (it)
Macedonian: префинет m (préfinet)
Maori: mātanga

Norwegian:
Bokmål: sofistikert (no)

Nynorsk: sofistikert
Polish: wyszukany (pl) m, wyrafinowany (pl) m, wymyślny m
Portuguese: sofisticado (pt)
Romanian: rafinat (ro), elegant (ro), sofisticat (ro)
Russian: утончённый (ru) (utončónnyj), изощрённый (izoš'r'ónnyj)
Spanish: refinado (es), elegante (es), sofisticado (es)

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Translations to be checked

German: ^{(please verify)} mondän (de)
Scottish Gaelic: ^{(please verify)} ionnsaichte, ^{(please verify)} iùlmhor, ^{(please verify)} grinn, ^{(please verify)} foghlaimte

Spanish: ^{(please verify)} erudito (es)

Verb

sophisticated

simple past tense and past participle of sophisticate

References

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary: Tenth Edition 1997

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