Synonyms for sophisticated
səˈfɪs tɪˌkeɪ tɪdso·phis·ti·cat·ed

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1. sophisticatedadjective

   Having obtained worldly experience, and lacking naiveté; cosmopolitan.

   Synonyms:
   worldly

   Antonyms:
   provincial

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1. sophisticatedadjective

   having or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir-faire

   "sophisticated young socialites"; "a sophisticated audience"; "a sophisticated lifestyle"; "a sophisticated book"

   Synonyms:
   advanced

   Antonyms:
   nonintellectual, ingenuous, naif, simple, naive, credulous, fleeceable, dewy-eyed, innocent, childlike, wide-eyed, low-tech, unworldly, round-eyed, unsophisticated, green, gullible, simple-minded

2. advanced, sophisticatedadjective

   ahead in development; complex or intricate

   "advanced technology"; "a sophisticated electronic control system"

   Synonyms:
   innovative, advance(a), advanced, modern, ripe, advanced(a), forward-looking, in advance(p)

   Antonyms:
   green, nonintellectual, simple-minded, unsophisticated, naif, round-eyed, childlike, wide-eyed, dewy-eyed, ingenuous, low-tech, simple, credulous, gullible, fleeceable, naive, unworldly, innocent

3. sophisticatedadjective

   intellectually appealing

   "a sophisticated drama"

   Synonyms:
   advanced

   Antonyms:
   wide-eyed, nonintellectual, dewy-eyed, unworldly, naif, simple-minded, green, credulous, fleeceable, ingenuous, childlike, innocent, gullible, simple, unsophisticated, low-tech, naive, round-eyed

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1. List of paraphrases for "sophisticated":

   advanced, complex, refined, state-of-the-art, subtle, complicated, cutting-edge, developed, leading-edge, high-tech, mature

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1. Robert L. Kruse, Data Structures and Program Design:

   An apprentice carpenter may want only a hammer and saw, but a master craftsman employs many precision tools. Computer programming likewise requires sophisticated tools to cope with the complexity of real applications, and only practice with these tools will build skill in their use.

2. Jack Dorsey:

   The cash register was invented to solve the basic pain points of running a business, like recording sales, our Register empowers sellers to drill into their business with sophisticated reporting tools to run and grow their business.

3. Duane Stanford:

   Consumers see slim cans as more sophisticated, which makes them feel more sophisticated, for people who spend $3 for a mushroom elixir, they want the package to signal trendy too.

4. Scott Wotherspoon:

   I didn't have a clue what I was doing, we're not a sophisticated business. We're a tiling company... We basically took the bank's advice.

5. Ellen Stofan:

   I think there has to be in the universe -- how easy it's going to be to find, is another question, statistically every time you're looking at a star you're likely to be looking at a planetary system. Play the math game, there's billions of stars, so eventually you'll come out saying there has to be another body where life could have evolved to a fairly sophisticated level.