Meaning of cosmopolitan in English

Classifying Adjective
cosmopolitan
Definitions
1. of worldwide scope or applicability
Examples
- « an issue of cosmopolitan import »
- « the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time- Christopher Morley »
- « universal experience »
Synonyms
- comprehensive
Noun
cosmopolitan
Definitions
1. a sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries
Qualitative Adjective
cosmopolitan
Etymology
mid 17th century (as a noun): from cosmopolite+ -an
Definitions
1. growing or occurring in many parts of the world
Examples
- « a cosmopolitan herb »
- « cosmopolitan in distribution »
Antonyms
- endemic
2. composed of people from or at home in many parts of the world
Examples
- « especially not provincial in attitudes or interests »
- « his cosmopolitan benevolence impartially extended to all races and to all creeds- T.B. Macaulay »
- « the ancient and cosmopolitan societies »
Synonyms
Antonyms
- provincial

Pronunciation