Synonyms for cosmopolitan

Synonyms for (noun) cosmopolitan

Synonyms: cosmopolitan, cosmopolite

Definition: a sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries

Similar words: sophisticate, man of the world

Definition: a worldly-wise person


Synonyms for (adj) cosmopolitan

Synonyms: oecumenical, cosmopolitan, ecumenical, world-wide, worldwide, universal, general

Definition: of worldwide scope or applicability

Usage: an issue of cosmopolitan import; the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time- Christopher Morley; universal experience

Similar words: comprehensive

Definition: including all or everything

Usage: comprehensive coverage; a comprehensive history of the revolution; a comprehensive survey; a comprehensive education


Synonyms: cosmopolitan

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

Usage: his cosmopolitan benevolence impartially extended to all races and to all creeds- T.B. Macaulay; the ancient and cosmopolitan societies of Syria and Egypt; that queer, cosmopolitan, rather sinister crowd found around the Marseilles docks

Similar words: traveled, travelled

Definition: familiar with many parts of the world

Usage: a traveled, educated man; well-traveled people


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