cosmopolitan

Meanings

Plural: cosmopolitans

Noun

• a sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries
• A cosmopolitan person; a cosmopolite.
• A cocktail containing vodka, triple sec, lime juice and cranberry juice.
• A butterfly of species Vanessa cardui.
• A moth of species Leucania loreyi.

Adjective

• growing or occurring in many parts of the world
  • "a cosmopolitan herb"
  • "cosmopolitan in distribution"
• composed of people from or at home in many parts of the world; especially not provincial in attitudes or interests; - T.B. Macaulay
  • "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"

Adjective Satellite

• of worldwide scope or applicability; ; - Christopher Morley
  • "an issue of cosmopolitan import"

Adj

• Inclusive; affecting the whole world.
• Composed of people from all over the world.
• At ease in any part of the world; having a wide experience with many cultures.
• Growing or living in many parts of the world; widely distributed.

Synonyms

cosmo, cosmopolite, ecumenical, general, oecumenical, painted lady, universal, widely distributed, world-wide, worldwide

Antonyms

endemic, provincial

Anagrams of cosmopolitan