Synonyms of cosmopolis

cosmopolis

noun

käz-ˈmä-pə-ləs 

as in city

a thickly settled, highly populated area

a sprawling cosmopolis where ambitious people from all over come to make their fortune

Synonyms & Similar Words

• city
• metropolis
• town
• megalopolis
• municipality
• burg
• suburb
• megacity
• borough
• asphalt jungle
• conurbation
• downtown
• suburbia
• urban sprawl
• midtown
• central city
• inner city
• exurb
• garden city
• core city
• edge city

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of cosmopolis

While Istanbul and Cappadocia are more popular with tourists to Turkey, don't miss the chance to explore Izmir, which was once the country's most thriving cosmopolis. — Lilit Marcus, CNN, 8 Oct. 2022

Istanbul is a cosmopolis unlike any other—where the remains of former empires, the cultural influences of multi-ethnic communities, and contemporary Turkish identity all exist in delicate harmony. — Feride Yalav-Heckeroth, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 June 2022

On the Volga a quasi-capital rose at Sarai, established by Batu around 1250, and grew into a cosmopolis of artisans, farmers, and merchants from as far away as Syria, Egypt, even Greece—so many that a New Sarai was founded upriver. — Colin Thubron, The New York Review of Books, 6 July 2021

For decades a symbol of all that was dead and dysfunctional in the ever-expanding cosmopolis, the river is undergoing its own rehabilitation, shedding some of its visible concrete. — Alexandra Marshall, WSJ, 14 Aug. 2018