What does "sophisticated" mean?

simple past and past participle of sophisticate

Sophisticated

Common synonyms include: advanced, a more civilized world, abstract system, accomplished, adult, adult level unit.

adj, verb

adj, verb ·5 syllables ·Common ·High school level

Verb

Adjective

1
Of a person: having obtained worldly experience, and lacking naiveté; cosmopolitan, worldly-wise.
"Set against the background of the American civil war, with Keaton a cunning but unskilled driver, unaided, of the ponderous giant of a locomotive, it remains not only probably the funniest film about railways ever made, but one of the funniest silent films to retain its comic power over today's more sophisticated audiences."
2
Of art or other things: appealing to the tastes of an intellectual or sophisticated (sense 1) person; cerebral; also, cultured, elegant, refined.
3
Complicated, especially of complex technology.
"The much more sophisticated and personable chatbots of today are the “Eliza effect on steroids,” [Sherry] Turkle said."
4
Mixed with a foreign or inferior substance; not genuine or pure; unrefined, adulterated, impure. obsolete
5
Of a thing: having its meaning changed in a deceptive or misleading way. obsolete

Adjective

1
ahead in development; complex or intricate wordnet
2
intellectually appealing wordnet
3
having or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir-faire wordnet

"The engineer demonstrated how to operate the sophisticated system."

First English usage circa 1601. From Medieval Latin sophisticatus.