Definition of cosmopolitan

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  • cosmopolitan is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 18
  • cosmopolitan is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 18
  • cosmopolitan is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 23

Definition of cosmopolitan

  • a sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. cosmopolite
  • growing or occurring in many parts of the world (adjective)

    Examples

    1. a cosmopolitan herb
    2. cosmopolitan in distribution

    Synonyms

    1. widely distributed
  • of worldwide scope or applicability (adjective)

    Examples

    1. an issue of cosmopolitan import

    Synonyms

    1. ecumenical
    2. general
    3. oecumenical
    4. universal
    5. world-wide
    6. worldwide
  • composed of people from or at home in many parts of the world; especially not provincial in attitudes or interests (adjective)

    Examples

    1. his cosmopolitan benevolence impartially extended to all races and to all creeds
    2. the ancient and cosmopolitan societies of Syria and Egypt
    3. that queer, cosmopolitan, rather sinister crowd found around the Marseilles docks

See definition of cosmopolitan in Merriam Webster