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COSMOPOLITAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cosmopolitan mean?
• COSMOPOLITAN (noun)
The noun COSMOPOLITAN has 1 sense:
1. a sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries
Familiarity information: COSMOPOLITAN used as a noun is very rare.
• COSMOPOLITAN (adjective)
The adjective COSMOPOLITAN has 3 senses:
1. growing or occurring in many parts of the world
2. composed of people from or at home in many parts of the world; especially not provincial in attitudes or interests
3. of worldwide scope or applicability
Familiarity information: COSMOPOLITAN used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
cosmopolitan; cosmopolite
Hypernyms ("cosmopolitan" is a kind of...):
man of the world; sophisticate (a worldly-wise person)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cosmopolitan"):
globetrotter; world traveler (someone who travels widely and often)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Growing or occurring in many parts of the world
Synonyms:
cosmopolitan; widely distributed
Context example:
cosmopolitan in distribution
Domain category:
bionomics; ecology; environmental science (the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment)
Antonym:
endemic (native to or confined to a certain region)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Composed of people from or at home in many parts of the world; especially not provincial in attitudes or interests
Context example:
that queer, cosmopolitan, rather sinister crowd found around the Marseilles docks
Similar:
traveled; travelled (familiar with many parts of the world)
Antonym:
provincial (characteristic of the provinces or their people)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Of worldwide scope or applicability
Synonyms:
cosmopolitan; ecumenical; general; oecumenical; universal; world-wide; worldwide
Context example:
universal experience
Similar:
comprehensive (including all or everything)
Context examples
The incredibly interesting and unique biota that occurred on this island was totally eradicated at some point as the island reconnected to mainland Eurasia and more cosmopolitan animals were able to access it.
(Fossil discovery adds to understanding of how geological changes affected evolution of mammalian life, National Science Foundation)
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