sophisticated: having or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir faire; "sophisticated young socialites"; "a sophisticated audience"; "a sophisticated lifestyle"; "a sophisticated book" advanced, sophisticated: ahead in development; complex or intricate; "advanced technology"; "a sophisticated electronic control system" sophisticated, urbane: marked by wide-ranging knowledge and appreciation of many parts of the world arising from urban life and wide travel; "the sophisticated manners of a true cosmopolite"; "urbane and pliant...he was at ease even in the drawing rooms of Paris" sophisticated: intellectually appealing; "a sophisticated drama"