sophisticate meaning and definition

SOPHISTICATE noun

Definition of sophisticate (noun)

1. a worldly-wise person
   • synonyms: man of the world

SOPHISTICATE verb

Definition of sophisticate (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
   • "Don't twist my words"
   • synonyms: convolute, pervert, twist, twist around
3. alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive
   • "Sophisticate rose water with geraniol"
   • synonyms: doctor, doctor up
4. make more complex or refined
   • "a sophisticated design"