What does sophisticated mean?

Definitions for sophisticated
səˈfɪs tɪˌkeɪ tɪdso·phis·ti·cat·ed

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. sophisticatedadjective

    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"

  2. advanced, sophisticatedadjective

    ahead in development; complex or intricate

    "advanced technology"; "a sophisticated electronic control system"

  3. sophisticatedadjective

    intellectually appealing

    "a sophisticated drama"

Wiktionary

  1. sophisticatedadjective

    Having obtained worldly experience, and lacking naiveté; cosmopolitan.

  2. sophisticatedadjective

    Elegant, refined.

  3. sophisticatedadjective

    Complicated, especially of complex technology.

  4. sophisticatedadjective

    Appealing to the tastes of an intellectual; cerebral.

  5. sophisticatedadjective

    Dishonest or misleading

  6. Etymology: First English usage circa 1601. sophisticatus.

ChatGPT

  1. sophisticated

    Sophisticated refers to something or someone that is complex, refined, knowledgeable, or intellectually advanced. It commonly relates to a high level of elegance, taste, or expertise in a particular field or area. A sophisticated person is usually considered cultured, worldly, or possessing refined tastes and manners.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Sophisticated

    of Sophisticate

  2. Sophisticatedadjective

    adulterated; not pure; not genuine

Wikidata

  1. Sophisticated

    Sophisticated is the fourth studio album by the progressive metal band Sieges Even. It is the first album to feature the vocalist Greg Keller and it is a complete departure musically from their previous album. This album is rare album to find, only available overseas.

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'sophisticated' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3846

  2. Adjectives Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'sophisticated' in Adjectives Frequency: #512

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of sophisticated in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of sophisticated in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of sophisticated in a Sentence

  1. Captain Darryn James:

    Admiral Harris is always exploring options to forward deploy and operationalize the latest advancements in ballistic missile defense technologies in the Pacific, where we face increasingly sophisticated threats to the homeland.

  2. Keith Smith:

    We see this confluence of motive, where what looks like some recycled criminal malware has been upgraded in a sophisticated way, a lot of people suspect that that's Russia’s attempt to force us as analysts to ascribe to a criminal organization what is in fact the actions of a nation state – Russia.

  3. Franklin Zimring:

    It's a politically sophisticated way to change the nature of the debate, the point is not to increase the percentage of support, but to increase the intensity of support. It's not to make more people support gun control. It's to make them care about it.

  4. Ziv Mador:

    They will be challenged by the fact that (some) hackers are so sophisticated they might detect decoy servers or fake data.

  5. Julieanne Himelstein:

    That trumps all the sophisticated intelligence gathering anyone can do.

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