Sophisticate Definition

sə-fĭstĭ-kāt

sophisticated, sophisticates, sophisticating

verb

sophisticates, sophisticating

To change from being natural, simple, artless, etc. to being artificial, worldly-wise, urbane, etc.

Webster's New World

To cause to become less natural, especially to make less naive and more worldly.

Travel tends to sophisticate a person.

American Heritage

To bring to a more developed, complex, or refined form, technique, level, etc.

Webster's New World

To corrupt or mislead.

Webster's New World

To make impure by mixture or adulteration.

Webster's New World

Synonyms:

noun

A sophisticated person.

Webster's New World

Synonyms:

adjective

Adulterated; not pure; not genuine.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Sophisticate

Singular:

sophisticate

Plural:

sophisticates

Middle English sophisticaten to adulterate from Medieval Latin sophisticāre sophisticāt- from Latin sophisticus sophistic from Greek sophistikos from sophistēs sophist sophist

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition