cosmopolite

cos·mop·o·lite

noun \käz-ˈmä-pə-ˌlīt\

Definition of COSMOPOLITE

: a cosmopolitan person or organism

— cos·mo·po·li·tism \käz-ˈmä-pə-ˌlī-ˌti-zəm, -lə-ˌti-; ˌkäz-mə-ˈpä-lə-ˌti-\ noun

Examples of COSMOPOLITE

1. <having sung in opera houses all over the world, she has the confident demeanor of a seasoned cosmopolite>

Origin of COSMOPOLITE

New Latin cosmopolites, from Greek kosmopolitēs, from kosmos + politēs citizen

First Known Use: circa 1618

Related to COSMOPOLITE

Synonyms: city slicker, cosmopolitan, metropolitan, slicker, sophisticate

Antonyms: bumpkin, hick, provincial, rustic, yokel

Related Words: urbanite; worldling

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Other Ecology Terms

Malthusian, anthropogenic, biomass, carbon footprint, crepuscular, niche, sere, symbiosis, taiga, tundra

Rhymes with COSMOPOLITE

adipocyte, alexandrite, amazonite, amoebocyte, amyl nitrite, anthophyllite, anti-Semite, butyl nitrite, dermatophyte, electrolyte, embryophyte, exurbanite, gemütlichkeit, Gibeonite, Gileadite, go fly a kite, hermaphrodite, idiot light, Indo-Hittite, McCarthyite, meteorite, Michiganite, Midianite, multipartite, New Hampshirite, New Jerseyite, potato blight, property right, quadripartite, Rhode Island White, spermatocyte, substantive right, suburbanite, sweetness and light, theodolite, Turkish delight, Wyomingite