sophisticate

/səfˈɪstəkˌeɪt/ · 4 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. a worldly-wise person

verb

1. make less natural or innocent
   “Their manners had sophisticated the young girls”
2. practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive
   “Don't twist my words”
3. alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive
   “Sophisticate rose water with geraniol”
4. make more complex or refined
   “a sophisticated design”

Synonyms for sophisticate

• man of the world
• twist
• twist around
• pervert
• convolute
• doctor
• doctor up

Words that rhyme with sophisticate

• straight
• separate
• plate
• mate
• date
• concentrate
• late
• state
• regenerate
• translate
• weight
• conjugate
• foliate
• grate
• initiate
• propagate
• accommodate
• articulate
• communicate
• eliminate
• gate
• great
• penetrate
• percolate
• precipitate
• rate
• slate
• stimulate
• subordinate
• suffocate