as in cosmopolitan
a person with the outlook, experience, and manners thought to be typical of big city dwellers
with their snotty attitude, the city slickers quickly wore out their welcome
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Recent Examples of city slicker
The series centers on a family of city slickers who set up camp in the Madison River Valley of central Montana.
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Randall Colburn, EW.com, 30 Aug. 2025
In areas like the western Pantanal's Serra do Amolar mountain range, sport fishing has drawn (and still attracts) Brazilian city slickers more interested in wrestling dorado out of the water than learning about the flora and fauna.
—Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Aug. 2025
The crowd is a mix of cowboys and city slickers who come for cold beer, line-dancing classes, country music and a bonefide, country-style night out.
—Felicia Campbell, AZCentral.com, 8 July 2025
Fellow city slickers know heat waves in New York can be punishing, and layers (both on the body and the skin) are best worn with a less-is-more approach.
—Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 27 June 2025
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Randall Colburn, EW.com, 30 Aug. 2025
In areas like the western Pantanal's Serra do Amolar mountain range, sport fishing has drawn (and still attracts) Brazilian city slickers more interested in wrestling dorado out of the water than learning about the flora and fauna.
—Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Aug. 2025
The crowd is a mix of cowboys and city slickers who come for cold beer, line-dancing classes, country music and a bonefide, country-style night out.
—Felicia Campbell, AZCentral.com, 8 July 2025
Fellow city slickers know heat waves in New York can be punishing, and layers (both on the body and the skin) are best worn with a less-is-more approach.
—Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 27 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for city slicker
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In that series, Michelle Pfeiffer’s cosmopolitan Stacy Clyburn learns to embrace the American West after a tragedy forces her to leave New York City for the Madison River Valley in central Montana.—
Jessica Radloff,
Glamour,
20 Mar. 2026
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If top-level soccer is now played by something like rootless cosmopolitans, it’s financed by billionaires who are no longer primarily European.—
Ian Buruma,
New Yorker,
23 Feb. 2026
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The novel was adapted into a 1965 film, with Caine in a star-making performance as Deighton’s protagonist, a sardonic working-class sophisticate with a love of gourmet food.—
Jill Lawless,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Mar. 2026
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Heartland churchgoers, urban sophisticates, football neophytes—everyone got swept up in his will to win.—
Taylor Antrim,
Vogue,
8 Feb. 2026
Cite this Entry
“City slicker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/city%20slicker. Accessed 23 Mar. 2026.
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