adj
Meaning 1
Inclusive; affecting the whole world.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
cosmopolitan
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
-
UK: /ˌkɒz.məˈpɒl.ɪ.tən/
-
US: /ˌkɑz.məˈpɑl.ɪ.tən/
-
US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
-
Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
-
CMU ARPABET: K AA2 Z M AH0 P AA1 L AH0 T AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Composed of people from all over the world.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
At ease in any part of the world; having a wide experience with many cultures.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
Growing or living in many parts of the world; widely distributed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, ecology, natural-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
A cosmopolitan person; a cosmopolite.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
A cocktail containing vodka, triple sec, lime juice and cranberry juice.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cosmo
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
A butterfly of species Vanessa cardui.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, US, dated
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cosmopolite, painted lady
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
A moth of species Leucania loreyi.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 9
composed of people from or at home in many parts of the world; especially not provincial in attitudes or interests- T.B. Macaulay
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- 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
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: provincial
adjective
Meaning 10
growing or occurring in many parts of the world
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a cosmopolitan herb
- cosmopolitan in distribution
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: widely distributed
Antonyms: endemic
adjective satellite
Meaning 11
of worldwide scope or applicability- Christopher Morley
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an issue of cosmopolitan import
- the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time
- universal experience
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ecumenical, oecumenical, general, universal, worldwide, world-wide
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 12
a sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cosmopolite
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sophisticate, man of the world
Narrower terms: globetrotter, world traveler
History
Etymology
From cosmopolit(e) + -an. Compare metropolitan and megalopolitan.
Across languages
Translations
61 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Belarusian: касмапаліты́чны (kasmapalitýčny) — composed of people from all over the world
- Bulgarian: космополи́тен (kosmopolíten) — composed of people from all over the world
- Catalan: cosmopolita — composed of people from all over the world
- Chinese Mandarin: 大都会的 — composed of people from all over the world
- Chinese Mandarin: 世界性的 — composed of people from all over the world
- Finnish: kansainvälinen — composed of people from all over the world
- French: cosmopolite — composed of people from all over the world
- German: kosmopolitisch — composed of people from all over the world
- German: weltbürgerlich — composed of people from all over the world
- Hebrew: כלל־עולמי (klal-olamí) — composed of people from all over the world
- Hebrew: קוסמופוליטי (kosmopolíti) — composed of people from all over the world
- Hungarian: kozmopolita — composed of people from all over the world
- Italian: cosmopolita — composed of people from all over the world
- Kazakh: космополиттік (kosmopolittık) — composed of people from all over the world
- Lao: ພົນລະໂລກ (phon la lōk) — composed of people from all over the world
- Macedonian: космопо́литски (kosmopólitski) — composed of people from all over the world
- Manx: yl-çheeragh — composed of people from all over the world
- Polish: kosmopolityczny — composed of people from all over the world
- Portuguese: cosmopolita — composed of people from all over the world
- Portuguese: cosmopolitano — composed of people from all over the world
- Russian: космополити́чный (kosmopolitíčnyj) — composed of people from all over the world
- Russian: космополити́ческий (kosmopolitíčeskij) — composed of people from all over the world
- Scottish Gaelic: os-nàiseanta — composed of people from all over the world
- Spanish: cosmopolita — composed of people from all over the world
- Ukrainian: космополіти́чний (kosmopolitýčnyj) — composed of people from all over the world
- Yiddish: קאָזמאָפּאָליטיש (kozmopolitish) — composed of people from all over the world
- Belarusian: касмапаліты́чны (kasmapalitýčny) — at ease in any part of the world
- Bulgarian: космополи́тен (kosmopolíten) — at ease in any part of the world
- Catalan: cosmopolita — at ease in any part of the world
- Chinese Mandarin: 四海为家的 — at ease in any part of the world
- Finnish: kosmopoliittinen — at ease in any part of the world
- Finnish: maailmankansalainen — at ease in any part of the world
- French: cosmopolite — at ease in any part of the world
- German: kosmopolitisch — at ease in any part of the world
- German: weltbürgerlich — at ease in any part of the world
- Hungarian: kozmopolita — at ease in any part of the world
- Hungarian: világpolgári — at ease in any part of the world
- Italian: cosmopolita — at ease in any part of the world
- Manx: yl-çheeragh — at ease in any part of the world
- Polish: kosmopolityczny — at ease in any part of the world
- Portuguese: cosmopolita — at ease in any part of the world
- Portuguese: cosmopolitano — at ease in any part of the world
- Russian: космополити́чный (kosmopolitíčnyj) — at ease in any part of the world
- Russian: космополити́ческий (kosmopolitíčeskij) — at ease in any part of the world
- Ukrainian: космополіти́чний (kosmopolitýčnyj) — at ease in any part of the world
- Belarusian: касмапаліты́чны (kasmapalitýčny) — growing in many parts of the world; widely distributed
- Bulgarian: космополи́тен (kosmopolíten) — growing in many parts of the world; widely distributed
- Catalan: cosmopolita — growing in many parts of the world; widely distributed
- Finnish: yleismaailmallinen — growing in many parts of the world; widely distributed
- French: cosmopolite — growing in many parts of the world; widely distributed
- German: kosmopolitisch — growing in many parts of the world; widely distributed
- German: weltbürgerlich — growing in many parts of the world; widely distributed
- Manx: yl-çheeragh — growing in many parts of the world; widely distributed
- Polish: kosmopolityczny — growing in many parts of the world; widely distributed
- Portuguese: cosmopolita — growing in many parts of the world; widely distributed
- Portuguese: cosmopolitano — growing in many parts of the world; widely distributed
- Russian: космополити́чный (kosmopolitíčnyj) — growing in many parts of the world; widely distributed
- Ukrainian: космополіти́чний (kosmopolitýčnyj) — growing in many parts of the world; widely distributed
- Bulgarian: космопо́литън (kosmopólitǎn) — cocktail
- Japanese: コスモポリタン (kosumoporitan) — cocktail
- Swedish: cosmopolitan — cocktail
Real reading context