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| AWACS |
an aircraft fitted with a radome and carrying sophisticated radar and computer equipment, used for reconnaissance and for directing ground forces, or a warning system employing such aircraft (acronym for "Airborne Warning and Control System"). |
| couth |
sophisticated or refined in one's manners. |
| cultured |
refined in manners or education; sophisticated. [1/4 definitions] |
| electronics |
sophisticated electrical devices, equipment, or components that employ tiny parts such as transistors and microchips. [1/2 definitions] |
| fin de siecle |
of, concerning, or characteristic of turn-of-the-century ideas and attitudes; formerly, sophisticated and progressive; now, decadent. [1/2 definitions] |
| glitzy |
gaudily sophisticated; pretentiously ornate. [1/2 definitions] |
| gracious |
elegant, sophisticated, and tasteful. [1/5 definitions] |
| highbrow |
one who has or pretends to have highly sophisticated intellectual and cultural interests and tastes (often used disparagingly). [1/2 definitions] |
| high comedy |
comedy involving the upper social classes, featuring an intricate plot, sophisticated characterization, and witty dialogue. (Cf. low comedy.) |
| highlife |
a sophisticated, showy, luxurious way of living. |
| high-tech |
technology that requires or involves sophisticated techniques or equipment, such as genetic engineering or microelectronicshigh technology; high technology. [1/3 definitions] |
| high technology |
technology that requires or involves sophisticated techniques or equipment, such as genetic engineering or microelectronics; high-tech. |
| involution |
something complex or intricate, such as a sophisticated grammatical construction. [1/4 definitions] |
| oversophisticated |
combined form of sophisticated. |
| refine |
of writing or speaking, to make clearer or more sophisticated through precision, subtlety, or elegance of wording. [1/4 definitions] |
| savvy |
(informal) sophisticated and intuitive understanding, esp. of the way organizations work and of people's motives for action. [2/3 definitions] |
| simpleminded |
not complex or sophisticated. [1/3 definitions] |
| slicker |
(informal) someone with sophisticated or deceptive ways. [1/2 definitions] |
| smart set |
sophisticated, fashionable people, considered as a group. |
| sophisticate |
one who is sophisticated. [1/3 definitions] |
| supersophisticated |
combined form of sophisticated. |
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