| Main Entry: | sophisticate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | adulterate |
Synonyms: |
alloy, amalgamate, attenuate, blend, cheapen, commingle, contaminate, cook, corrupt, cut*, debase, defile, degrade, denature, depreciate, deteriorate, devalue, dilute, dissolve, doctor up, doctor*, falsify, impair, infiltrate, intermix, irrigate, lace, load, make impure, mingle, mix, phony up, plant*, pollute, shave, spike*, taint, thin, transfuse, vitiate, water down, weaken |
| Main Entry: | blasé |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nonchalant |
Synonyms: |
apathetic, been around twice, bored, cloyed, cool*, disenchanted, disentranced, done it all, fed up*, glutted, indifferent, jaded, knowing, laid-back*, lukewarm, mellow*, mundane, offhand, satiated, sick of, sophisticate, sophisticated, surfeited, unconcerned, unexcited, uninterested, unmoved, weary, world-weary, worldly |
Antonyms: |
enthusiastic, excited |
| Main Entry: | civilize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make cultured; develop |
Synonyms: |
acculturate, acquaint, advance, better, cultivate, edify, educate, elevate, enlighten, ennoble, enrich, ethicize, foster, help forward, humanize, idealize, improve, indoctrinate, inform, instruct, polish, promote, reclaim, refine, sophisticate, spiritualize, tame, uplift |
| Main Entry: | debase |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | adulterate |
Synonyms: |
abase, animalize, bastardize, bestialize, contaminate, corrupt, damage, defile, depreciate, doctor, dope up, impair, load, pervert, pollute, sophisticate, spoil, taint, vitiate, weight, worsen |
Antonyms: |
clean, clear, enhance, improve, purify |
| Main Entry: | disenchanted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | let down |
Synonyms: |
blasé, cynical, disappointed, disenthralled, disentranced, disillusioned, embittered, indifferent, jaundiced, knowing, mondaine, out of love, sick of, sophisticate, sophisticated, soured, undeceived, worldly, worldly-wise |
Antonyms: |
enchanted, encouraged |
| Main Entry: | doctor |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | adulterate, pervert |
Synonyms: |
add to, alter, change, cut, deacon, debase, dilute, disguise, dope up, falsify, fudge, gloss, load, misrepresent, mix with, sophisticate, spike*, tamper with, water down, weight |
| Notes: | the word doctor is derived from Latin doctus 'having been taught; learned' (from docere 'to teach'); physician comes from Latin physica 'natural science; physics' |
Antonyms: |
clean, purify |
| Main Entry: | dope |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | drug someone |
Synonyms: |
adulterate, anesthetize, deaden, debase, inject, knock out, load, narcotize, put to sleep, sedate, soak, sophisticate, stupefy |
| Main Entry: | man-about-town |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sophisticated man |
Synonyms: |
Corinthian, citizen of the world, city slicker, cosmopolitan, playboy, sophisticate |
| Main Entry: | urbanize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | citify |
Synonyms: |
metropolitanize, sophisticate |