cosmopolitan

 
  Grep  of  noun  cosmopolitan 
  cosmopolitan 
 
  Overview  of  noun  cosmopolitan 
 
  The  noun  cosmopolitan  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  cosmopolitan,  cosmopolite  --  (a  sophisticated  person  who  has  travelled  in  many  countries) 
 
  Overview  of  adj  cosmopolitan 
 
  The  adj  cosmopolitan  has  3  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  cosmopolitan,  widely  distributed  --  ((ecology)  growing  or  occurring  in  many  parts  of  the  world;  "a  cosmopolitan  herb";  "cosmopolitan  in  distribution") 
  2.  cosmopolitan  --  (composed  of  people  from  or  at  home  in  many  parts  of  the  world;  especially  not  provincial  in  attitudes  or  interests;  "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") 
  3.  cosmopolitan,  ecumenical,  oecumenical,  general,  universal,  worldwide  --  (of  worldwide  scope  or  applicability;  "an  issue  of  cosmopolitan  import";  "the  shrewdest  political  and  ecumenical  comment  of  our  time"-  Christopher  Morley;  "universal  experience") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  cosmopolitan 
 
  3  senses  of  cosmopolitan 
 
  Sense  1 
  cosmopolitan  (vs.  endemic),  widely  distributed 
 
  endemic  (vs.  cosmopolitan) 
 
  Sense  2 
  cosmopolitan  (vs.  provincial) 
 
  provincial  (vs.  cosmopolitan) 
  =>  bumpkinly,  hick,  rustic,  unsophisticated 
  =>  insular,  parochial 
  =>  jerkwater,  one-horse,  pokey,  poky 
  =>  stay-at-home(postnominal) 
  =>  corn-fed 
 
  Sense  3 
  cosmopolitan,  ecumenical,  oecumenical,  general,  universal,  worldwide 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  comprehensive)  ->  noncomprehensive,  incomprehensive 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  cosmopolitan 
 
  3  senses  of  cosmopolitan 
 
  Sense  1 
  cosmopolitan  (vs.  endemic),  widely  distributed 
 
  Sense  2 
  cosmopolitan  (vs.  provincial) 
  =>  sophisticated,  urbane 
  =>  traveled,  travelled 
 
  Sense  3 
  cosmopolitan,  ecumenical,  oecumenical,  general,  universal,  worldwide 
  =>  comprehensive  (vs.  noncomprehensive) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  cosmopolitan 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  cosmopolitan 
 
  cosmopolitan  used  as  an  adjective  is  uncommon  (polysemy  count  =  3) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  cosmopolitan 
  cosmopolitan 
 
  Overview  of  noun  cosmopolitan 
 
  The  noun  cosmopolitan  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  cosmopolitan,  cosmopolite  --  (a  sophisticated  person  who  has  travelled  in  many  countries) 
 
  Overview  of  adj  cosmopolitan 
 
  The  adj  cosmopolitan  has  3  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  cosmopolitan,  widely  distributed  --  ((ecology)  growing  or  occurring  in  many  parts  of  the  world;  "a  cosmopolitan  herb";  "cosmopolitan  in  distribution") 
  2.  cosmopolitan  --  (composed  of  people  from  or  at  home  in  many  parts  of  the  world;  especially  not  provincial  in  attitudes  or  interests;  "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") 
  3.  cosmopolitan,  ecumenical,  oecumenical,  general,  universal,  worldwide  --  (of  worldwide  scope  or  applicability;  "an  issue  of  cosmopolitan  import";  "the  shrewdest  political  and  ecumenical  comment  of  our  time"-  Christopher  Morley;  "universal  experience") 

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