SOPHISTICATES Synonyms: 109 Similar and Opposite Words

sophisticates 1 of 2

noun

plural of sophisticate

as in cosmopolitans

a person with the outlook, experience, and manners thought to be typical of big city dwellers sophisticates laughing at people they thought of as hicks

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sophisticates

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verb

present tense third-person singular of sophisticate

as in complexes

to make complex or difficult there's no need to sophisticate something that is beautiful in its simplicity

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as in dilutes

to alter (something) for the worse with the addition of foreign or lower-grade substances vanilla extract that has been sophisticated with corn syrup

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Recent Examples of sophisticates

Noun

Heartland churchgoers, urban sophisticates, football neophytes—everyone got swept up in his will to win. —

Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 8 Feb. 2026 Despite parents’ efforts, allowances aren’t necessarily minting a new generation of financial sophisticates. —

Michael Waters, The Atlantic, 10 Dec. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for sophisticates

Noun

There's a matinee for students and daytime explorers and a Saturday night outing for date-night cosmopolitans.

— Duante Beddingfield, Freep.com, 26 Mar. 2026
If top-level soccer is now played by something like rootless cosmopolitans, it’s financed by billionaires who are no longer primarily European.

— Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2026