sophisticate
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a worldly-wise person
Types & categories
- adult hypernym
- cosmopolitan hyponym
- slicker hyponym
Related & opposite
- sophisticate derivation
Sense 2 verb
make less natural or innocent
Their manners had sophisticated the young girls
Types & categories
- civilize hypernym
Related & opposite
- worldliness derivation
- sophisticate derivation
Sense 3 verb
practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive
Don't twist my words
Types & categories
- denote hypernym
Related & opposite
- twisting derivation
- sophistication derivation
- sophism derivation
- twist derivation
Sense 4 verb
alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive
Sophisticate rose water with geraniol
Types & categories
- adulterate hypernym
Sense 5 verb
make more complex or refined
a sophisticated design
Types & categories
- rarify hypernym
Related & opposite
- sophistication derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sophisticate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | adult |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cosmopolitan |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | slicker |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | worldliness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sophisticate |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | civilize |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | twisting |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | sophistication |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | sophism |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | twist |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | denote |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | adulterate |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | sophistication |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | rarify |