Dictionary Definition
sophisticate n : a worldly-wise person [syn:
man of
the world]
Verb
1 make less natural or innocent; "Their manners
had sophisticated the young girls"
2 practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be
vague about in order to mislead or deceive [syn: twist, twist
around, pervert,
convolute]
3 alter and make impure, as with the intention to
deceive; "Sophisticate rose water with geraniol" [syn: doctor, doctor
up]
4 make more complex or refined; "a sophisticated
design"
User Contributed Dictionary
Verb
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
blase,
city slicker, cosmopolitan, cosmopolite, debase, disenchanted, disillusioned, doctor, knowing, load, man of experience,
man-about-town, mondaine, slicker, weight, world-wise, worldly,
worldly-wise