- (of a person, ideas, tastes, manners, etc.) altered by education, experience, etc., so as to be worldly-wise; not naive: a sophisticated young socialite;the sophisticated eye of an experienced journalist.
- pleasing or satisfactory to the tastes of sophisticates, or people who are educated, cultured, and worldly-wise: sophisticated music.
- deceptive; misleading.
- complex or intricate, as a system, process, piece of machinery, or the like: a sophisticated electronic control system.
- of, for, or reflecting educated taste, knowledgeable use, etc.: Many Americans are drinking more sophisticated wines now.
- having refined or cultured tastes and habits
- appealing to sophisticates
- unduly refined or cultured
- pretentiously or superficially wise
- (of machines, methods, etc) complex and refined
