Associations to the word «Cosmopolitan»

Wiktionary

COSMOPOLITAN, adjective. All-inclusive; affecting the whole world
COSMOPOLITAN, adjective. (of a place or institution) composed of people from all over the world
COSMOPOLITAN, adjective. (of a person) at ease in any part of the world
COSMOPOLITAN, adjective. (biology) (ecology) growing in many parts of the world; widely distributed
COSMOPOLITAN, noun. A cosmopolitan person; a cosmopolite
COSMOPOLITAN, noun. A cocktail containing vodka, triple sec, lime juice and cranberry juice

Dictionary definition

COSMOPOLITAN, noun. A sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries.
COSMOPOLITAN, adjective. Growing or occurring in many parts of the world; "a cosmopolitan herb"; "cosmopolitan in distribution".
COSMOPOLITAN, adjective. 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".
COSMOPOLITAN, adjective. Of worldwide scope or applicability; "an issue of cosmopolitan import"; "the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time"- Christopher Morley; "universal experience".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats