sophisticated

Universal Words adjective 1 having a lot of experience of the world and knowing about fashion, culture and other things that people think are socially important: the sophisticated pleasures of city life * Mark is a smart and sophisticated young man. compareNAIVE 2 (of a machine, system, etc.) clever and complicated in the way that it works or is presented: highly sophisticated computer systems * Medical techniques are becoming more sophisticated all the time. 3 (of a person) able to understand difficult or complicated ideas: a sophisticated audience OPPUNSOPHISTICATED