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SOPHISTICATING Antonyms

There are 10 antonyms of the word sophisticating. (opposite meanings)

Best Opposite Words For SOPHISTICATING

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basic
adjectiveadj
adjective

• pertaining to or constituting a base or basis

noun

• (usually in the plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant

• a popular programming language that is relatively easy to learn; an acronym for beginner's all-purpose symbolic instruction code; no longer in general use

adjective satellite

• reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality

• serving as a base or starting point

• of or denoting or of the nature of or containing a base

naive
adjectiveadj
adjective

• marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience

adjective satellite

• of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style

• inexperienced

• lacking information or instruction

• not initiated; deficient in relevant experience

natural
adjectiveadj
adjective

• in accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature

• existing in or produced by nature; not artificial or imitation

• existing in or in conformity with nature or the observable world; neither supernatural nor magical

• (of a musical note) being neither raised nor lowered by one chromatic semitone

• (of a parent or child) related by blood; genetically related

noun

• someone regarded as certain to succeed

• a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat

• (craps) a first roll of 7 or 11 that immediately wins the stake

adjective satellite

• functioning or occurring in a normal way; lacking abnormalities or deficiencies

• unthinking; prompted by (or as if by) instinct

• (used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes

• being talented through inherited qualities

• free from artificiality

plain
noun, adjectiven, adj
adjective

• not elaborate or elaborated; simple

• lacking patterns especially in color

noun

• extensive tract of level open land

• a basic knitting stitch made by putting the needle through the front of the stitch from the lefthand side

adverb

• unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly')

adjective satellite

• clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment

• not mixed with extraneous elements

• free from any effort to soften to disguise

• lacking embellishment or ornamentation

• lacking in physical beauty or proportion

verb

• express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness

rustic
adjectiveadj
noun

• an unsophisticated country person

adjective satellite

• characteristic of rural life

• awkwardly simple and provincial

• characteristic of the fields or country

simple
adjectiveadj
adjective

• having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved

• (botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions

noun

• any herbaceous plant having medicinal properties

• a person lacking intelligence or common sense

adjective satellite

• easy and not involved or complicated

• apart from anything else; without additions or modifications

• exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity

• lacking mental capacity and subtlety

• unornamented

uncomplicated
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• lacking complexity

• easy and not involved or complicated

unrefined
adjectiveadj
adjective

• not refined or processed

• (used of persons and their behavior) not refined; uncouth

unsophisticated
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• not wise in the ways of the world

• lacking complexity

• awkwardly simple and provincial

unsophisticate
verbv
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