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| ADJECTIVE | 1 | cosmopolitan, widely distributed | Growing or occurring in many parts of the world |
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| 2 | cosmopolitan | Composed of people from or at home in many parts of the world | |
| 3 | cosmopolitan, ecumenical, oecumenical, general, universal, worldwide, world-wide | Of worldwide scope or applicability | |
| NOUN | 1 | cosmopolitan, cosmopolite | A sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries |
| Sounds | kaa.zmahpaa'lahtahn |
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| Rhymes | Aachen, Aaron, abandon, and 2521 more rhymes in ahn... |
| Meaning | Growing or occurring in many parts of the world. |
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| Examples | "a cosmopolitan herb"; "cosmopolitan in distribution" |
| Synonyms | widely distributed |
| Contrary | endemic |
| Category | ecology, bionomics, environmental science |
| See also | sophisticated |
| Meaning | Composed of people from or at home in many parts of the world. Especially not provincial in attitudes or interests. |
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| Examples | "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" |
| Contrary | provincial |
| Similar | traveled, travelled |
| Meaning | Of worldwide scope or applicability. |
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| Examples | "an issue of cosmopolitan import" |
| Synonyms | ecumenical, oecumenical, general, universal, worldwide, world-wide |
| Similar to | comprehensive |
| Meaning | A sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries. |
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| Synonyms | cosmopolite |
| Broader | sophisticate, man of the world |
| Narrower | globetrotter, world traveler |
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