Antonyms for cosmopolitan

Grammar : Adj

Spell : koz-muh-pol-i-tn

Phonetic Transcription : ˌkɒz məˈpɒl ɪ tn

Definition of cosmopolitan

Origin : 1844, from cosmopolite "citizen of the world" (q.v.) on model of metropolitan. The U.S. women's magazine of the same name was first published in 1886. Cosmopolitanism first recorded 1828.

adj worldly-wise

Example sentences :

"It's a better vein than the cosmopolitan," said Margaret, getting up.
Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster

I cannot stand them, and a German cosmopolitan is the limit.
Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster

Life seems great because it is cosmopolitan and not provincial or local.
Extract from : « Rural Life and the Rural School » by Joseph Kennedy

He has rooms at the Cosmopolitan, somewhere on the top floor.
Extract from : « Under Western Eyes » by Joseph Conrad

So has it always been with chemistry, the most cosmopolitan of sciences, the most secret of arts.
Extract from : « The Legacy of Greece » by Various

We were sitting round in the barroom of the Cosmopolitan, trying to keep warm.
Extract from : « Peak and Prairie » by Anna Fuller

Cosmopolitan: species that occur throughout most of the world.
Extract from : « Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology » by John. B. Smith

Up to now she had been trying to compromise, to be broad and tolerant and cosmopolitan.
Extract from : « Quin » by Alice Hegan Rice

Well, to begin with, he's the most cosmopolitan man I ever met.
Extract from : « Quin » by Alice Hegan Rice

For, after all, in this cosmopolitan magnificence, she has played no small part.
Extract from : « The Napoleon of Notting Hill » by Gilbert K. Chesterton

Synonyms for cosmopolitan

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