cosmopolitan

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

I - noun

a sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries
• Syn:
cosmopolite
• Hypernyms:
sophisticate, man of the world
• Hyponyms:
globetrotter, world traveler

II - adjective

1. growing or occurring in many parts of the world
- a cosmopolitan herb
- cosmopolitan in distribution
• Syn:
widely distributed
• Ant:
endemic
• Topics:
ecology, bionomics, environmental science
2. 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
• Ant:
provincial
• Similar to:
traveled, travelled
3. of worldwide scope or applicability
- an issue of cosmopolitan import
- "the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time"- Christopher Morley
- universal experience
• Syn:
ecumenical, oecumenical, general, universal, worldwide, world-wide
• Similar to:
comprehensive
• Derivationally related forms:
universalize (for: universal), universe (for: universal), universality (for: universal)

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  ecumenical, oecumenical, general, universal, worldwide, world-wide, widely distributed, cosmopolite
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  provincial, endemic