“cosmopolitan”

Definitions

• adjective

  growing or occurring in many parts of the world

  Synonyms: widely distributed, allover, blase, braw, broad, catholic, chic, citizen, civic, civil, classy, common

  Antonyms: endemic

  • Example:“a cosmopolitan herb”
  • Example:“cosmopolitan in distribution”

• adjective

  composed of people from or at home in many parts of the world; especially not provincial in attitudes or interests

  Antonyms: provincial

  • Example:“His cosmopolitan benevolence impartially extended to all races and to all creeds.”
  • Example:“the ancient and cosmopolitan societies of Syria and Egypt”

• adjective

  of worldwide scope or applicability

  Synonyms: ecumenical, oecumenical, general, universal, worldwide

  • Example:“an issue of cosmopolitan import”
  • Example:“the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time”

• noun

  a sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries

  Synonyms: cosmopolite