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[ adjective ] having or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir faire
Examples "sophisticated young socialites" "a sophisticated audience" "a sophisticated lifestyle" "a sophisticated book" Used in print (High Fidelity, 11:10...)Turning_to the more modern versions , Curzon 's ( London ) offers the most sophisticated keyboard work . (Jack Kaplan, "The Health Machine Menace: Therapy by...)The medical device pirate of today , of_course , is a far more sophisticated operator than his predecessor of yesteryear - the gallus snapping hawker of snake_oil and other patent_medicines . (Marvin Schiller, "The Sheep's in the Meadow,"...)In December I wrote her with_authority that we would meet on the steps of the Hotel_Astor , a rendezvous spot that I had learned was the most sophisticated . |
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[ adjective ] ahead in development; complex or intricate
Synonyms Examples "advanced technology" "a sophisticated electronic control system" Used in print (Walter H. Buchsbaum, "Advances in Medical Electronics"...)A still more sophisticated system has been devised for determining the effective power of the heart itself . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] marked by wide-ranging knowledge and appreciation of many parts of the world arising from urban life and wide travel
Synonyms Examples "the sophisticated manners of a true cosmopolite" "urbane and pliant...he was at ease even in the drawing rooms of Paris" Used in print (Jane Gilmore Rushing, "Against the Moon,"...)Carrying it to the living_room , she imagined the picture she made : tall and roundly slim , a_bit sophisticated in her yellow sheath , with a graceful swingy walk that she had learned as a twirler with the school band . Related terms |
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