COSMOPOLITAN Synonyms: 63 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

ˌkäz-mə-ˈpä-lə-tən

Definition of cosmopolitan

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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cosmopolitan

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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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Adjective

But, outside of cosmopolitan sections of Tel Aviv, Herzliya, and Haifa, the liberalism that fuelled his humor couldn’t be taken for granted. — Bernard Avishai, New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2026 Hollywood Beach Resort, the century-old grande dame with a storied history, is now a vacant relic that appears to be heading toward a more cosmopolitan fate. — Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2026

Noun

There's a matinee for students and daytime explorers and a Saturday night outing for date-night cosmopolitans. — Duante Beddingfield, Freep.com, 26 Mar. 2026 In that series, Michelle Pfeiffer’s cosmopolitan Stacy Clyburn learns to embrace the American West after a tragedy forces her to leave New York City for the Madison River Valley in central Montana. — Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 20 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for cosmopolitan

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Adjective

The Future According to Brad is chunks in shades of butterscotch, caramel, and cinnamon—sophisticated candy colors.

— Vanessa Friedman, Vogue, 1 Sep. 2026
Chemical suppliers are developing increasingly sophisticated products, while machinery, software and process control continue to improve.

— Alice Tonello, Footwear News, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of sophisticated

Noun

The homeowners, who launched the modern apothecary brand Malin+Goetz in 2004 out of a white-box Manhattan storefront, have settled into life as rural sophisticates.

— Laura Regensdorf, Architectural Digest, 5 Aug. 2026
International sophisticates of every age, seasonal trade-fair young professionals, glamour puss models, honeymooners, couples with kids in tow, heads of state and some of the world’s biggest film stars.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Apr. 2026

Definition of sophisticate

Noun

As for the documentary, that was spurred by Scorsese's trip to Polizzi Generosa, a town where her father's ancestors are from, in the Italian metropolitan of Palermo.

— Ralphie Aversa, USA Today, 10 Dec. 2025
From Atlantic beaches to Western mountains to central metropolitans, there’s a destination suited to every type of traveler.

— Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 21 Apr. 2025

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