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sophisticate

noun verb

a worldly-wise person

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Word Facts

Word length
12
Starts with
S
Ends with
E
Contains
OP
Scrabble score
19
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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noun

  1. a worldly-wise person

verb

  1. make more complex or refined

    “a sophisticated design”

verb

  1. alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive

    “Sophisticate rose water with geraniol”

verb

  1. practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive

    “Don't twist my words”

verb

  1. make less natural or innocent

    “Their manners had sophisticated the young girls”

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Example Sentences

a sophisticated design
Sophisticate rose water with geraniol
Don't twist my words
Their manners had sophisticated the young girls

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