What is the meaning of Sophisticate?

  1. To make (something) less innocent or natural; to artificialize.
  2. To make (something) more sophisticated (complex, developed, or refined); to develop, to refine.
  3. To make (oneself or someone) more sophisticated (experienced in the ways of the world, that is, cosmopolitan or worldly-wise); to cosmopolitanize.
  4. To alter and make impure (something) by mixing it with some foreign or inferior substance, especially with an intention to deceive; to adulterate; to corrupt or deceive (someone, their thinking, etc.).
  5. To change the meaning of (something) in a deceptive or misleading way.
  6. To apply an artificial technique to (something).

To make (something) less innocent or natural; to artificialize.

To make (something) more sophisticated (complex, developed, or refined); to develop, to refine.

To make (oneself or someone) more sophisticated (experienced in the ways of the world, that is, cosmopolitan or worldly-wise); to cosmopolitanize.

To alter and make impure (something) by mixing it with some foreign or inferior substance, especially with an intention to deceive; to adulterate; to corrupt or deceive (someone, their thinking, etc.).

To change the meaning of (something) in a deceptive or misleading way.

To apply an artificial technique to (something).

To practise sophistry (the (deliberate) making of arguments that seem plausible but are fallacious or misleading).

A person who is sophisticated (experienced in the ways of the world, that is, cosmopolitan or worldly-wise), or who has sophisticated tastes.

Synonym of sophisticated (adjective)

  1. Of a person: experienced in the ways of the world; cosmopolitan, worldly-wise.
  2. Of art or other things: appealing to the tastes of an intellectual or sophisticated (sense 1.1) person; cerebral; also, cultured, elegant, refined.
  3. Mixed with a foreign or inferior substance; not genuine or pure; adulterated, impure.
  4. Of a thing: having its meaning changed in a deceptive or misleading way.

Of a person: experienced in the ways of the world; cosmopolitan, worldly-wise.

Of art or other things: appealing to the tastes of an intellectual or sophisticated (sense 1.1) person; cerebral; also, cultured, elegant, refined.

Mixed with a foreign or inferior substance; not genuine or pure; adulterated, impure.

Of a thing: having its meaning changed in a deceptive or misleading way.

Source: wiktionary.org