Sophisticate — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a worldly-wise person

make less natural or innocent

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/səfˈɪstᵻkˌeɪt/

🇬🇧British English

/səfˈɪstɪkˌeɪt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/səfˈɪstɪkˌeɪt/

4 syllables Say it as /səfˈɪstᵻkˌeɪt/.

Examples

Their manners had sophisticated the young girls
Don't twist my words
Sophisticate rose water with geraniol

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

convolute doctor man of the world doctor up pervert twist around twist

Parts of Speech

noun	a worldly-wise person
verb	make less natural or innocent “Their manners had sophisticated the young girls”
verb	practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive “Don't twist my words”
verb	alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive “Sophisticate rose water with geraniol”
verb	make more complex or refined “a sophisticated design”

Word Forms

sophisticate	verb	make less natural or innocent
sophisticate	noun	a worldly-wise person
sophistication	noun	the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment
twist	noun	an interpretation of a text or action
twisting	noun	the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean

Around the World

Europe

🇪🇸Spanish

sofisticar

🇮🇹Italian

sofisticare

una persona saggia del mondo

🇳🇱Dutch

verfijnd

een wereldwijs persoon

🇵🇹Portuguese

sofisticar

uma pessoa sábia do mundo

🇷🇺Russian

сложный

мудрый в мире человек

India

🇮🇳Hindi

मिलावट करना

एक सांसारिक बुद्धिमान व्यक्ति

🇧🇩Bengali

পরিশীলিত

একজন জাগতিক জ্ঞানী ব্যক্তি

🇮🇳Tamil

நுட்பமான

உலக ஞானமுள்ள நபர்

🇮🇳Telugu

అధునాతనమైన

🇮🇳Marathi

अत्याधुनिक

एक सांसारिक ज्ञानी व्यक्ती

🇮🇳Gujarati

સુસંસ્કૃત

દુન્યવી જ્ઞાની વ્યક્તિ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಅತ್ಯಾಧುನಿಕ

ಲೌಕಿಕ ಬುದ್ಧಿವಂತ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

സങ്കീർണ്ണമായ

ലോകജ്ഞാനിയായ ഒരു വ്യക്തി

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਸੂਝਵਾਨ

🇵🇰Urdu

نفیس

ایک دنیا دار شخص

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

复杂的

一个有世俗智慧的人

🇯🇵Japanese

洗練された

世俗的な賢い人

🇰🇷Korean

정교하다

세속적인 사람

🇻🇳Vietnamese

tinh tế

một người thông thái về thế gian

🇹🇭Thai

ซับซ้อน

เป็นคนฉลาดทางโลก

🇮🇩Indonesian

canggih

orang yang bijaksana secara duniawi

🇵🇭Filipino

sopistikado

isang taong matalino sa mundo

🇲🇾Malay

canggih

seorang yang bijak duniawi

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

متطورة

شخص حكيم دنيوي

🇮🇷Persian

پیچیده

یک فرد عالم دنیوی

🇹🇷Turkish

sofistike

dünyevi bilge bir insan

🇮🇱Hebrew

מתוחכם

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