as in sophisticated
having a wide and refined knowledge of the world especially from personal experience
a college student who now seems conspicuously cosmopolitan after spending his junior year abroad
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as in sophisticate
a person with the outlook, experience, and manners thought to be typical of big city dwellers
as someone who had lived in Paris for a year as an exchange student, she seemed very much the cosmopolitan to her old classmates
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Recent Examples of cosmopolitan
Gabriella Le Breton, Robb Report, 7 Dec. 2024
As one of Asia’s most liveable cities, Hong Kong is a vibrant cosmopolitan hub that offers amazing culture, diverse cuisines and world-class entertainment.
—New Cies Contributor, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
Ryu Spaeth, Vulture, 4 June 2024
At the other end of the spectrum are cosmopolitans, who believe that states should treat all humans equally.
—Joseph S. Nye Jr., Foreign Affairs, 30 Nov. 2023
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Adjective
Andermatt, a burgeoning community sequestered high in the Swiss Alps, has long attracted a cosmopolitan clientele with its cinematic beauty.
—Gabriella Le Breton, Robb Report, 7 Dec. 2024
As one of Asia’s most liveable cities, Hong Kong is a vibrant cosmopolitan hub that offers amazing culture, diverse cuisines and world-class entertainment.
—New Cies Contributor, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
Noun
In fact, Americans don’t usually refer to themselves as Yanks, but cosmopolitans who have lived all over the world (people like, say, O’Neill) sometimes do.
—Ryu Spaeth, Vulture, 4 June 2024
At the other end of the spectrum are cosmopolitans, who believe that states should treat all humans equally.
—Joseph S. Nye Jr., Foreign Affairs, 30 Nov. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cosmopolitan
Adjective
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Modern devices are equipped with sophisticated hardware and software to monitor key aspects of battery health, including temperature, voltage, and current.—
Tim Bajarin,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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The Asprey Morgan bag features a top handle—a sophisticated feature Kate seems to gravitate toward with her bags—with gold hardware in a deep cranberry color.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
23 Jan. 2025
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With its striking clear glass decanter, Plata makes a perfect gift for novices, sophisticates, and home bartenders.—
Robb Report Studio,
Robb Report,
25 Nov. 2024
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Want to make your witch a mid-century modern sophisticate?—
James Powel,
USA TODAY,
25 Oct. 2024
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Han, looking almost cartoonishly mid-century metropolitan, wears a dark coat, with the lapel snapped up, over a white shirt and a dark tie.—
E. Tammy Kim,
The New Yorker,
18 Jan. 2025
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Arizona's population has skyrocketed over the past decade — but some of the highest rates of growth have occurred outside of our major metropolitans, per an Axios analysis of the latest U.S. Census Bureau estimates.—
Jessica Boehm,
Axios,
9 Jan. 2025
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“Cosmopolitan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cosmopolitan. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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