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COSMOPOLITAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries
Synonyms:
cosmopolitan; cosmopolite
Classified under:
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)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of worldwide scope or applicability
Example:
universal experience
Synonyms:
cosmopolitan; ecumenical; general; oecumenical; universal; world-wide; worldwide
Classified under:
Similar:
comprehensive (including all or everything)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Composed of people from or at home in many parts of the world; especially not provincial in attitudes or interests
Example:
that queer, cosmopolitan, rather sinister crowd found around the Marseilles docks
Classified under:
Similar:
traveled; travelled (familiar with many parts of the world)
Antonym:
provincial (characteristic of the provinces or their people)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Growing or occurring in many parts of the world
Example:
cosmopolitan in distribution
Synonyms:
cosmopolitan; widely distributed
Classified under:
Adjectives
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)
