Antonyms for sophisticated

Grammar : Adj

Spell : suh-fis-ti-key-tid

Phonetic Transcription : səˈfɪs tɪˌkeɪ tɪd

Definition of sophisticated

Origin : c.1600, "mixed with a foreign substance, impure; no longer simple or natural," past participle adjective from sophisticate (v.). Of persons, with a positive sense, "worldly-wise, discriminating, cultured," from 1895.

adj cosmopolitan, cultured
adj complex, advanced

Example sentences :

There speaks the sophisticated and conscious literary technician!
Extract from : « The Dramatic Values in Plautus » by Wilton Wallace Blancke

The sophisticated African has ceased to be surprised at anything a white man may do.
Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White

But it is a vain enterprise for sophisticated Europe to try and understand these doings.
Extract from : « Under Western Eyes » by Joseph Conrad

"Time has nothing to do with love," said the sophisticated Sara.
Extract from : « Glory of Youth » by Temple Bailey

Crowley was right—she could not meet his sophisticated gaze.
Extract from : « Joan of Arc of the North Woods » by Holman Day

This was a new and sophisticated republication of savage animism.
Extract from : « The Necessity of Atheism » by Dr. D.M. Brooks

But in national legends this universal process is sophisticated.
Extract from : « Chosen Peoples » by Israel Zangwill

To sophisticated people, the boy might have seemed as grotesque as the cub.
Extract from : « The Young Mountaineers » by Charles Egbert Craddock

For all her sophisticated and independent manner she was still a child at heart.
Extract from : « The Mask » by Arthur Hornblow

Rather,” he replied coldly, “but very worldly and sophisticated.
Extract from : « Flora Lyndsay » by Susan Moodie

Synonyms for sophisticated

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