| Meaning | Having or appealing to those having worldly / worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir-faire. |
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| Examples | - "sophisticated young socialites"
- "a sophisticated audience"
- "a sophisticated lifestyle"
- "a sophisticated book"
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| Narrower | blase, worldly | Very sophisticated especially because of surfeit |
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| intelligent, well-informed | possessing sound knowledge |
| polished, refined, urbane | showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience |
| worldly-wise | experienced in and wise to the ways of the world |
| See also | cosmopolitan, widely distributed | Growing or occurring in many parts of the world |
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| disenchanted | Freed from enchantment |
| elegant | refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style |
| informed | Having much knowledge or education |
| literate | able to read and write |
| literate | Versed in literature |
| worldly, secular, temporal | characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world |
| Opposite | naive, naif | marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly / worldly experience |
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| Spanish | sofisticado |
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