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COSMOPOLITAN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A sophisticated person who has travelled in many countriesplay

Synonyms:

cosmopolitan; cosmopolite

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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 applicabilityplay

Example:

universal experience

Synonyms:

cosmopolitan; ecumenical; general; oecumenical; universal; world-wide; worldwide

Classified under:

Adjectives

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 interestsplay

Example:

that queer, cosmopolitan, rather sinister crowd found around the Marseilles docks

Classified under:

Adjectives

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 worldplay

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)

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