cosmopolitan
cosmopolitan Lexical Profile
cosmopolitan Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Including or containing people from many different countries and cultural backgrounds.
"Toronto is celebrated as one of the most cosmopolitan cities in North America."
Familiar with and at ease in many different countries and cultures; worldly and free from local or national prejudices.
"Years of living abroad had given the diplomat a cosmopolitan outlook on international politics."
Found all over the world rather than restricted to a particular geographic region (of a plant, animal, or ecological taxon).
"The peregrine falcon has a nearly cosmopolitan distribution, inhabiting almost every continent except Antarctica."
• noun
A pink cocktail typically made with vodka, triple sec or orange liqueur, cranberry juice, and freshly squeezed lime juice.
"The bartender garnished the chilled cosmopolitan with a twist of orange peel."
A person who has lived in and knows about many different parts of the world, remaining free of national or local prejudices.
"As a true cosmopolitan, she felt equally at home in Tokyo, Paris, and Buenos Aires."
• Rhymes for cosmopolitan
Word Origin & Etymology
Coined in the early 17th century from cosmopolite plus the suffix -an, ultimately derived from Ancient Greek kosmopolitēs ('citizen of the world'), a compound of kosmos ('world, order') and politēs ('citizen', from polis, 'city').