SOPHISTICATING Synonyms: 96 Similar and Opposite Words

sophisticating

verb

present participle of sophisticate

as in complicating

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

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as in diluting

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 sophisticating Logistically accelerating techno-economic interactivity crumbles social order in auto-sophisticating machine runaway. — James Duesterberg, New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2026

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Common issues complicating pregnancies are obesity, substance abuse, and depression or mental health problems.

— Judy Stone, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Firefighting crews were making progress in trying to keep the blaze under control, but strong wind gusts were complicating those efforts.

— Miguel Macias, NPR, 27 July 2026

Definition of complicating

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Taittinger’s focus on high‑touch hospitality, long‑term relationship building and strict adherence to family heritage shows building global advocacy off a World Cup platform can happen without depleting margins or diluting the maison’s identity.

— Lilian Raji, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
The league shifted its approach to officiating this season with an emphasis on increasing foul calls and diluting the amount of unnecessary physicality in the game.

— Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2026

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Now, an intensifying war has again closed off significant access to Persian Gulf oil, reinjecting chaos into the market.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
Johnson later identified Scholten by name in subsequent posts, intensifying the controversy.

— Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 21 July 2026

Definition of intensifying

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Seattle kept it close, cutting the lead to single digits in the fourth quarter before Atlanta held firm.

— Christopher Harris, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026
The workshops include all ingredients and participants learn skills such as cutting and folding meats, placement and spacing for jams and honeys.

— Janice Phelan, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026

Definition of cutting

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Washington threatened to take the lead after loading the bases with one out in the eighth, but Louis Varland entered and worked out of the jam with a groundout, strikeout and flyout.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 July 2026
Kurt’s key takeaways What grabs me here is how much walking support the researchers created without loading someone down with bulky motors.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 28 July 2026

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Pamela Smart, whose conviction for manipulating her teenage lover into killing her husband became one of America's most notorious murder cases, has asked a New Hampshire judge to let her latest bid for a new trial move forward.

— Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 25 July 2026
Football is all about engaño (trickery) — looking one way and passing the other, feinting to go left and swiftly moving right, manipulating the opposition and tricking them to open up those little spaces.

— Xavi, New York Times, 19 July 2026

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