Synonyms for cosmopolitan
ˌkɒz məˈpɒl ɪ tncos·mopoli·tan

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1. cosmopolitan, cosmopoliteadjective

   a sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries

   Synonyms:
   cosmopolite

   Antonyms:
   unsophisticated, endemic, corn-fed, provincial, noncomprehensive, insular, bumpkinly, incomprehensive, hick, poky, pokey, parochial, stay-at-home(a), rustic, jerkwater, one-horse

2. cosmopolitan, widely distributedadjective

   growing or occurring in many parts of the world

   "a cosmopolitan herb"; "cosmopolitan in distribution"

   Synonyms:
   universal, widely distributed, world-wide, general, ecumenical, worldwide, oecumenical

   Antonyms:
   poky, corn-fed, jerkwater, endemic, bumpkinly, one-horse, insular, stay-at-home(a), unsophisticated, provincial, noncomprehensive, rustic, parochial, incomprehensive, hick, pokey

3. cosmopolitanadjective

   composed of people from or at home in many parts of the world; 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 of Syria and Egypt"; "that queer, cosmopolitan, rather sinister crowd found around the Marseilles docks"

   Synonyms:
   ecumenical, universal, world-wide, worldwide, widely distributed, oecumenical, general

   Antonyms:
   rustic, parochial, corn-fed, hick, provincial, bumpkinly, pokey, one-horse, poky, unsophisticated, stay-at-home(a), incomprehensive, endemic, insular, noncomprehensive, jerkwater

4. cosmopolitan, ecumenical, oecumenical, general, universal, worldwide, world-wideadjective

   of worldwide scope or applicability

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

   Synonyms:
   universal, widely distributed, world(a), planetary, world-wide, general, global, ecumenical, worldwide, ecumenic, oecumenic, oecumenical

   Antonyms:
   noncomprehensive, one-horse, insular, pokey, provincial, incomprehensive, stay-at-home(a), endemic, corn-fed, rustic, bumpkinly, parochial, poky, jerkwater, unsophisticated, hick

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1. sophisticatedly

   1. having or showing much worldly knowledge or cultural refinement: a sophisticated businesswoman who is unlikely to be outmaneuvered; a sophisticated appraisal of the movie.

   Submitted by khushboo.gloriya on October 1, 2020  

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1. cosmopolitannoun

   Synonyms:
   cosmopolite

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1. List of paraphrases for "cosmopolitan":

   cosmopolite, metropolis, internationalized, metropolitan

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1. Lawrence Stager:

   The cosmopolitan life here is so much more elegant and worldly and connected with other parts of the eastern Mediterranean.

2. Zahraa Awad:

   I remember all the names, they represented the cosmopolitan atmospheres of Alexandria, and in the evening when there's not much cars, you can always hear the piano coming out of the music school of the Conservatoire.

3. George Moore:

   Art must be parochial in the beginning to be cosmopolitan in the end.

4. Adam Huttenlocker:

   Based on the unlikely discovery of this near-complete fossil cranium, we now recognize a new, cosmopolitan group of early mammal relatives.

5. Luke Wood:

   Hong Kong has this raw entrepreneurial spirit, it's the gateway in and out of China, so there is this truly global, cosmopolitan set of people. There's a tremendous amount of optimism, a tremendous amount of energy.