adjective
sophisticated
CEFR B2
having or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir-faire
In a sentence
Six example sentences with sophisticated, each labelled with its topic.
The club draws a sophisticated crowd who can name the bassist and argue about which pressing sounds warmer.
Music
The comedy assumes a sophisticated audience, dropping references to opera and tax law without pausing to explain them.
Movies
The tasting menu suits a sophisticated palate, since half the dishes reward diners who have eaten in Kyoto.
Cooking
The old port draws a sophisticated crowd who book the tiny restaurants months ahead and skip the beach entirely.
Travel
The novel expects a sophisticated reader, one who catches the borrowed lines from Dante without a footnote.
Literature
The gallery courted a sophisticated clientele who could discuss the printmaker's earlier work over the opening night canapes.
Art
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Found in these word lists
Found in 9 published word lists
- University Word List (Xue & Nation 1984)Authoritative
- New Academic Word List (Browne/Culligan/Phillips 2013)Authoritative
- Business Word List (part 1)Authoritative
- Israeli Psychometric English dictionary (Campus IL / NITE)Authoritative
- Science Vocabulary ListAuthoritative
- Computer Science Word ListAuthoritative
- 5000 GRE Words (widely used study list)Recognized
- GRE Word List 4700 (widely used study list)Recognized
- GregMat 960 GRE WordsRecognized
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