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- [noun, adjective suh-fis-ti-kit, -keyt; verb suh-fis-ti-keyt]
- /noun, adjective səˈfɪs tɪ kɪt, -ˌkeɪt; verb səˈfɪs tɪˌkeɪt/
- /səˈfɪs.tɪ.kət/
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- [noun, adjective suh-fis-ti-kit, -keyt; verb suh-fis-ti-keyt]
- /noun, adjective səˈfɪs tɪ kɪt, -ˌkeɪt; verb səˈfɪs tɪˌkeɪt/
Definitions of sophisticate word
- noun sophisticate a sophisticated person. 1
- abbreviation SOPHISTICATE sophisticated. 1
- verb with object sophisticate to make less natural, simple, or ingenuous; make worldly-wise. 1
- verb with object sophisticate to alter; pervert: to sophisticate a meaning beyond recognition. 1
- verb without object sophisticate to use sophistry; quibble. 1
- noun sophisticate sophisticated person 1
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Origin of sophisticate
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English (adj. and v.) < Medieval Latin sophisticātus (past participle of sophisticāre to tamper with, disguise, trick with words), equivalent to Latin sophistic(us) (see sophistic) + -ātus -ate1
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Parts of speech for Sophisticate
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
sophisticate popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 54% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
sophisticate usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for sophisticate
verb sophisticate
- anesthetize — to cause anesthesia in; give an anesthetic to
- anesthetized — to render physically insensible, as by an anesthetic.
- civilize — To civilize a person or society means to educate them and improve their way of life.
- debase — To debase something means to reduce its value or quality.
- doctor — a person licensed to practice medicine, as a physician, surgeon, dentist, or veterinarian.
adj sophisticate
- blase — If you describe someone as blasé, you mean that they are not easily impressed, excited, or worried by things, usually because they have seen or experienced them before.
- disenchanted — to rid of or free from enchantment, illusion, credulity, etc.; disillusion: The harshness of everyday reality disenchanted him of his idealistic hopes.
- disenthralled — to free from bondage; liberate: to be disenthralled from morbid fantasies.
- disentranced — to bring out of an entranced condition; disenchant.
- laid back — relaxed or unhurried: laid-back music rhythms.
noun sophisticate
- corinthian — of, characteristic of, or relating to Corinth
- corinthians — either of two books of the New Testament (in full The First and Second Epistles of Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians)
- man-about-town — a socially active, sophisticated man who frequents fashionable nightclubs, theaters, restaurants, etc.; playboy; boulevardier.
Antonyms for sophisticate
noun sophisticate
- barbarian — In former times, barbarians were people from other countries who were thought to be uncivilized and violent.
- bumpkin — If you refer to someone as a bumpkin, you think they are uneducated and stupid because they come from the countryside.
- clodpoll — a stupid or foolish person; blockhead
- gamin — a neglected boy left to run about the streets; street urchin.
- guttersnipe — a person belonging to or characteristic of the lowest social group in a city.
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