English dictionary

cosmopolitan

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Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

growing or occurring in many parts of the world

adj.all

Examples
A cosmopolitan herb.

Cosmopolitan in distribution.

Synonyms widely distributed

Antonyms endemic

Source: WordNet 3.0
composed of people from or at home in many parts of the world; especially not provincial in attitudes or interests

adj.all

Examples
His cosmopolitan benevolence impartially extended to all races and to all creeds.

The ancient and cosmopolitan societies of Syria and Egypt.

That queer, cosmopolitan, rather sinister crowd found around the Marseilles docks.

Antonyms provincial

Source: WordNet 3.0
Having no fixed residence; at home in any place; free from local attachments or prejudices; not provincial; liberal.

adjective

Source: webster1913

a sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries

noun.person

Synonyms cosmopolite

Source: WordNet 3.0
One who has no fixed residence, or who is at home in every place; a citizen of the world.

noun

Source: webster1913