What is another word for sophisticated?
Pronunciation:
[ səfˈɪstɪkˌe͡ɪtɪd], [ səfˈɪstɪkˌeɪtɪd], [ s_ə_f_ˈɪ_s_t_ɪ_k_ˌeɪ_t_ɪ_d]
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Similar words for sophisticated:
- complex (adjective)
- complicated (adjective)
- cosmopolitan (adjective)
- disenchanted (adjective)
- elegant (adjective)
- expert (adjective)
- hip (adjective)
- intelligent (adjective)
- intuitive (adjective)
- knowing (adjective)
- lively (adjective)
- self-conscious (adjective)
- subtle (adjective)
- traveled (adjective)
- veteran (adjective)
- witty (adjective)
- worldly-wise (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- better (adjective)
- blase (adjective)
- complex, advanced (adjective)
- cosmopolitan, cultured (adjective)
- cultured (adjective)
- disillusioned (adjective)
- elaborate (adjective)
- enlightened (adjective)
- experienced (adjective)
- intricate (adjective)
- involved (adjective)
- judicious (adjective)
- knotty (adjective)
- knowledgeable (adjective)
- mature (adjective)
- refined (adjective)
- slick (adjective)
- snazzy (adjective)
- specious (adjective)
- spicy (adjective)
- suave (adjective)
- tolerant (adjective)
- urbane (adjective)
Synonyms for Sophisticated:
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adj.
• complex • complicated • cosmopolitan • disenchanted • elegant- charming ,
- civil ,
- classical ,
- decorous ,
- dignified ,
- elegant ,
- exquisite ,
- fine ,
- graceful ,
- neat ,
- stylish ,
- tactful ,
- tasteful ,
- well-bred .
- Comprehending ,
- astute ,
- brainy ,
- bright ,
- brilliant ,
- canny ,
- capable ,
- clever ,
- cogent ,
- encyclopedic ,
- erudite ,
- genius ,
- gifted ,
- intellectual ,
- intelligent ,
- perspicacious ,
- profound ,
- sagacious ,
- sharp ,
- smart ,
- wise ,
- worldly .
- artful ,
- crafty ,
- cunning ,
- far-sighted ,
- insightful ,
- instinctive ,
- instinctual ,
- intuitive ,
- shrewd ,
- sly ,
- tricky ,
- wily .
- disciplined ,
- from way back ,
- knows one's stuff ,
- long time ,
- long-time ,
- longtime ,
- of the old school ,
- up to speed ,
- wise to ways ,
- long-serving .
- comical ,
- deft ,
- droll ,
- dry ,
- facetious ,
- foxy ,
- funny ,
- ingenious ,
- inventive ,
- jocular ,
- joking ,
- pithy ,
- pointed ,
- quick ,
- quick-witted ,
- resourceful ,
- sarcastic ,
- scintillating ,
- scurrilous ,
- sparkling ,
- urbane ,
- waggish ,
- witty .
- greater ,
- more exceeding ,
- more finer ,
- more fitting ,
- more preferred ,
- more prominent ,
- more sharpened ,
- more suitable ,
- more surpassing ,
- most exceeding ,
- most finer ,
- most sharpened ,
- most surpassing ,
- sur passing ,
- sur-passing .
- been around twice ,
- dis entranced ,
- dis-entranced ,
- done all ,
- in different ,
- in-different ,
- laidback ,
- more cloyed ,
- more disentranced ,
- more glutted ,
- more satiated ,
- more sophisticate ,
- more surfeited ,
- more unexcited ,
- more world weary ,
- more world-weary ,
- more worldweary ,
- most cloyed ,
- most disentranced ,
- most glutted ,
- most satiated ,
- most sophisticate ,
- most surfeited ,
- most unexcited ,
- most world weary ,
- most world-weary ,
- most worldweary ,
- offhand ,
- satiated ,
- un concerned ,
- un excited ,
- un interested ,
- un moved ,
- un-concerned ,
- un-excited ,
- un-interested ,
- un-moved ,
- uninterested ,
- world weary ,
- worldweary .
- high class ,
- highclass ,
- in formed ,
- in-formed ,
- more aesthetic ,
- more blue stocking ,
- more blue-stocking ,
- more bluestocking ,
- more distingue ,
- more informed ,
- more savant ,
- more understanding ,
- most blue stocking ,
- most blue-stocking ,
- most bluestocking ,
- most distingue ,
- most savant ,
- savant ,
- under standing ,
- under-standing ,
- up to date ,
- well informed ,
- wellinformed .
- brought down earth ,
- de bunked ,
- de-bunked ,
- dis abused ,
- dis illusioned ,
- dis-abused ,
- dis-illusioned ,
- more debunked ,
- more disabused ,
- more let down ,
- more let-down ,
- more letdown ,
- more punctured ,
- more shattered ,
- most debunked ,
- most disabused ,
- most let down ,
- most let-down ,
- most letdown ,
- most punctured ,
- most shattered ,
- sadder and wiser ,
- sadder wiser .
- de tailed ,
- de-tailed ,
- embellished ,
- ex act ,
- ex tensive ,
- ex-act ,
- many faceted ,
- manyfaceted ,
- more decorated ,
- more elaborate ,
- more embellished ,
- more garnished ,
- more luxurious ,
- more many faceted ,
- more many-faceted ,
- more manyfaceted ,
- more ornamented ,
- most decorated ,
- most embellished ,
- most garnished ,
- most many faceted ,
- most many-faceted ,
- most manyfaceted ,
- most ornamented ,
- over done ,
- over worked ,
- over-done ,
- over-worked ,
- with all extras ,
- with all options ,
- with bells and whistles ,
- with bells whistles ,
- with extras ,
- with options ,
- with the extras ,
- with the options .
- broad minded ,
- in picture ,
- knowing what what ,
- knowing whats what ,
- open minded ,
- openminded ,
- plugged in .
- Sporter ,
- having on ball ,
- having on the ball ,
- having something ball ,
- having something on ball ,
- having something on the ball ,
- having something the ball ,
- having the ball ,
- in know ,
- knowing one stuff ,
- knowing ones stuff ,
- knowing score ,
- knowing stuff ,
- more dynamite ,
- more well versed ,
- more well-versed ,
- more wellversed ,
- most dynamite ,
- most well versed ,
- most well-versed ,
- most wellversed ,
- pro ,
- sportest ,
- the right stuff ,
- vetest ,
- well versed ,
- wellversed .
- hightech ,
- more daedal ,
- more high tech ,
- more high-tech ,
- more hightech ,
- most daedal ,
- most high tech ,
- most high-tech ,
- most hightech .
- clear sighted ,
- dis criminating ,
- dis-criminating ,
- far sighted ,
- judicial ,
- more clear sighted ,
- more clear-sighted ,
- more clearsighted ,
- more well judged ,
- more well-judged ,
- more welljudged ,
- most clear sighted ,
- most clear-sighted ,
- most clearsighted ,
- most well judged ,
- most well-judged ,
- most welljudged ,
- pro found ,
- pro founder ,
- pro-found ,
- pro-founder ,
- quick witted ,
- quickwitted ,
- well judged ,
- well-judged ,
- welladvised ,
- welljudged .
- Nodulous ,
- effortful ,
- more nodulous ,
- more reticular ,
- most nodulous ,
- most reticular ,
- mystifying ,
- reticular ,
- up hill ,
- up-hill .
- more abreast ,
- more apprised ,
- more posted ,
- most abreast ,
- most apprised ,
- most knowledgeable ,
- most posted ,
- well rounded ,
- well-rounded ,
- wellrounded .
- full blown ,
- full fledged ,
- full grown ,
- fullblown ,
- fullfledged ,
- fullgrown ,
- in one prime ,
- in ones prime ,
- in prime ,
- more full fledged ,
- more fullfledged ,
- more ripened ,
- most full fledged ,
- most ripened ,
- pre pared ,
- pre-pared .
- high brow ,
- high minded ,
- highminded ,
- more high brow ,
- more high-brow ,
- most high brow ,
- most high-brow ,
- re fined ,
- re strained ,
- re-fined ,
- re-strained ,
- sub lime ,
- sub-lime ,
- well bred ,
- well mannered ,
- wellbred .
- more dextrous ,
- more smooth spoken ,
- more smooth-spoken ,
- more smoothspoken ,
- more streetwise ,
- most dextrous ,
- most smooth spoken ,
- most smooth-spoken ,
- most smoothspoken ,
- most streetwise ,
- smooth spoken ,
- smoothspoken .
- dressed kill ,
- more upscale ,
- more uptown ,
- more voguish ,
- most upscale ,
- most uptown ,
- most voguish ,
- up scale ,
- up town ,
- up-scale ,
- up-town .
- in accurate ,
- in correct ,
- more casuistic ,
- more sophistical ,
- most beguiling ,
- most casuistic ,
- most sophistical ,
- un sound ,
- un sounder ,
- un truer ,
- un truest ,
- un-sound ,
- un-sounder ,
- un-soundest ,
- un-truer ,
- un-truest .
- in delicate ,
- in-delicate ,
- more titillating ,
- most titillating ,
- un seemlier ,
- un seemliest ,
- un seemly ,
- un-seemlier ,
- un-seemliest ,
- x rated ,
- xrated .
Other synonyms:
- adulterated ,
- cerebral ,
- spicy .
- thoughtful .
- impure .
Other relevant words:
- Colorable ,
- Comminuted ,
- Complicacy ,
- Daedal ,
- Falsified ,
- Familiar ,
- Familiarity ,
- Hard-headed ,
- Mended ,
- Nobby ,
- Plated ,
- Sprained ,
- Squirmed ,
- Uncharmed ,
- Undeceivable ,
- Well-born ,
- Wormed ,
- Wrestled ,
- Wriggled ,
- abused ,
- accomplishment ,
- achievement ,
- acquaintance ,
- actually ,
- adult ,
- advance ,
- advanced ,
- aesthetic ,
- affable ,
- affection ,
- agreeable ,
- always ,
- amalgamated ,
- amaze ,
- amity ,
- appropriate ,
- aristocratic ,
- around ,
- artificial ,
- artsy ,
- artsy-fartsy ,
- arty ,
- association ,
- attainment ,
- aware ,
- barbarian ,
- baroque ,
- bastard ,
- battle-scarred ,
- beat ,
- beautiful ,
- better ,
- bewilder ,
- bland ,
- blase ,
- bogus ,
- bookish ,
- bored ,
- braw ,
- brittle ,
- broad-minded ,
- broadly ,
- byzantine ,
- catchpenny ,
- ceaselessly ,
- changed ,
- chesterfieldian ,
- chic ,
- chichi ,
- chivalrous ,
- choice ,
- citified ,
- civilised ,
- civilized ,
- classy ,
- clean ,
- clothes-conscious ,
- comely ,
- common sense ,
- commonly ,
- commonsensical ,
- company ,
- completeness ,
- completion ,
- complex ,
- complexity ,
- complicate ,
- complicated ,
- complication ,
- compounded ,
- conclusion ,
- confound ,
- confuse ,
- confused ,
- confusing ,
- connection ,
- constantly ,
- consummation ,
- contaminated ,
- contemporary ,
- continually ,
- continuously ,
- contorted ,
- contraband ,
- convoluted ,
- cool ,
- corrupted ,
- cosmopolitan ,
- cosmopolite ,
- counterfeit ,
- courteous ,
- courtly ,
- couth ,
- customarily ,
- cynical ,
- dainty ,
- dapper ,
- dashing ,
- debased ,
- debauched ,
- debonair ,
- deep ,
- deformed ,
- delicate ,
- demoralised ,
- demoralized ,
- dependable ,
- depraved ,
- detailed ,
- difficult ,
- dilate ,
- dilute ,
- diplomatic ,
- disabused ,
- disappointed ,
- discerning ,
- discriminating ,
- disenchanted ,
- disguised ,
- disillusioned ,
- distorted ,
- down-to-earth ,
- dressed to advantage ,
- dumbfound ,
- elaborate ,
- elevated ,
- eminent ,
- endlessly ,
- enlarge ,
- enlightened ,
- ever ,
- exact ,
- exacting ,
- expand ,
- experienced ,
- expound ,
- factitious ,
- fairness ,
- fancy ,
- fashionable ,
- fastidious ,
- feigned ,
- fellowship ,
- finespun ,
- firmly ,
- fit ,
- fixed ,
- flattering ,
- forward-looking ,
- fraudulent ,
- frequently ,
- friend ,
- friendship ,
- full-fledged ,
- full-grown ,
- fully developed ,
- fully fledged ,
- fully grown ,
- gallant ,
- generally ,
- genteel ,
- gentle ,
- gentlemanly ,
- get ,
- glamorous ,
- glib ,
- gordian ,
- gracile ,
- gracious ,
- grown ,
- habitually ,
- handsome ,
- hard-boiled ,
- hardened ,
- hardheaded ,
- hep ,
- hi-tech ,
- high-born ,
- high-tech ,
- hip ,
- honesty ,
- hypocritical ,
- illegitimate ,
- in the know ,
- incessantly ,
- incomprehensible ,
- informed ,
- ingratiating ,
- innovative ,
- insular ,
- integrity ,
- intricacy ,
- intricate ,
- involute ,
- involve ,
- involved ,
- jaded ,
- jaunty ,
- judicious ,
- knotty ,
- knowledge ,
- labyrinthian ,
- labyrinthine ,
- ladylike ,
- level-headed ,
- liberal ,
- make-believe ,
- mannerly ,
- matured ,
- meretricious ,
- mill ,
- misdirected ,
- misleading ,
- misused ,
- mock ,
- mod ,
- modern ,
- modernistic ,
- mondaine ,
- mostly ,
- much ,
- multifaceted ,
- mystify ,
- natty ,
- nice ,
- nifty ,
- noble ,
- nonchalant ,
- normally ,
- not born yesterday ,
- obsequious ,
- of age ,
- often ,
- oily ,
- old ,
- open-minded ,
- ordinarily ,
- perceptible ,
- perpetually ,
- perplex ,
- perverted ,
- pinchbeck ,
- poised ,
- polished ,
- polite ,
- pose ,
- posh ,
- practical ,
- practiced ,
- precious ,
- precise ,
- precocious ,
- prepared ,
- pretended ,
- probity ,
- profaned ,
- pseudo ,
- put straight ,
- rational ,
- read ,
- ready ,
- realistic ,
- reasonable ,
- recherche ,
- rectify ,
- refine ,
- refinement ,
- regularly ,
- reliable ,
- repaired ,
- repeatedly ,
- restored ,
- ricked ,
- ripe ,
- ripened ,
- ritzy ,
- rotten ,
- sage ,
- salty ,
- savvy ,
- scamped ,
- schooled ,
- seasoned ,
- sedate ,
- select ,
- sensible ,
- sensitive ,
- serious ,
- servile ,
- set right ,
- settled ,
- sham ,
- skeptical ,
- skilled ,
- sleek ,
- slick ,
- smarmy ,
- smooth ,
- smug ,
- snazzy ,
- snide ,
- so-called ,
- sober ,
- soigne ,
- soignee ,
- sometimes ,
- sophisticate ,
- specious ,
- spiffy ,
- spruce ,
- spurious ,
- staid ,
- steady ,
- streetwise ,
- stupefy ,
- superior ,
- supposititious ,
- surreptitious ,
- svelte ,
- swank ,
- swanky ,
- swell ,
- sycophantic ,
- tangled ,
- tinsel ,
- tolerant ,
- tough-minded ,
- toughened ,
- tricksy ,
- tried ,
- tried and true ,
- trig ,
- trim ,
- twisted ,
- ultramodern ,
- unctuous ,
- undeceived ,
- understandable ,
- unflappable ,
- uniformly ,
- unsound ,
- untrue ,
- usually ,
- veteran ,
- vex ,
- well turned out ,
- well-dressed ,
- well-educated ,
- well-groomed ,
- well-informed ,
- well-mannered ,
- widely distributed ,
- world-weary ,
- worldly-wise .
- VETER ,
- apparently right ,
- been around ,
- been there ,
- blue-stocking ,
- bluestocking ,
- broadminded ,
- broken in ,
- brought down to earth ,
- casuistic ,
- clear-sighted ,
- clearsighted ,
- cultivated ,
- cultured ,
- dextrous ,
- disentranced ,
- distingue ,
- done it all ,
- dressed to kill ,
- easy on ,
- easy with ,
- high tech ,
- high-brow ,
- high-end ,
- higher quality ,
- highly wrought ,
- in full bloom ,
- in one's prime ,
- in the picture ,
- knowing ,
- knowing one's stuff ,
- knowing the score ,
- knowing what's what ,
- knowledgeable ,
- laid back ,
- let-down ,
- many-faceted ,
- red hot ,
- refined ,
- sick of ,
- smooth-spoken ,
- sophistical ,
- souped up ,
- suave ,
- subtle ,
- tuned in ,
- unexcited ,
- upscale ,
- uptown ,
- vet ,
- voguish ,
- well advised ,
- well-versed ,
- with all the extras ,
- with all the options .
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How to use "Sophisticated" in context?
What does the term "sophisticated" mean?
Typically, when we use the term "sophisticated," we mean that the person or thing is of a very high level of refinement and sophistication. This can be seen in the way they dress, hold themselves, or speak. They have a lot of knowledge and are able to see things in a more complex way than the rest of us.
Paraphrases for Sophisticated:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
complex, complicated, high-tech, refined.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
accurate, adept, advance, aggressive, astute, careful, challenging, clever, comprehensive, convoluted, crafty, cumbersome, cunning, delicate, demanding, detailed, developed, differentiated, difficult, discerning, elaborate, elaborated, elegant, enhanced, equipped, exacting, experienced, exquisite, extensive, fancy, fine, forward-looking, full-fledged, hi-tech, high, high-level, high-performance, highly-developed, improved, informed, ingenious, innovative, intelligent, intensive, intractable, intricate, knowledgeable, mature, matured, meticulous, modern, modern-day, multifaceted, perfect, perfected, polished, precise, prepared, processed, progressive, rigorous, ripe, savvy, seasoned, senior, shrewd, skilful, skilled, smart, sought-after, specialised, specialist, specialized, stringent, structured, stylish, subtle, superb, thorough, thoughtful, tough, tricky, up-to-date, upscale, well-informed, Pioneering, world-class, thought-out, well-developed, top-notch, high-end, well-established, well-organized, in-depth, multi-faceted, high-technology, forward-thinking, higher-end, technology-intensive, least-developed, well-organised, world-leading.
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Adjective
Homophones for Sophisticated:
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- divider, segregator, Detailer, Divorcer, Estranger, Isolator, severer.