as in sophisticated
having a wide and refined knowledge of the world especially from personal experience
a college student who now seems conspicuously cosmopolitan after spending his junior year abroad
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as in sophisticate
a person with the outlook, experience, and manners thought to be typical of big city dwellers
as someone who had lived in Paris for a year as an exchange student, she seemed very much the cosmopolitan to her old classmates
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Recent Examples of cosmopolitan
Paul Richardson, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Feb. 2026
One of the two host cities, Milan, is multicultural and cosmopolitan, and there are Islamic centers and mosques spread around the city to gather and worship.
—ABC News, 22 Feb. 2026
Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2026
The adjective cosmopolitan only begins to describe Sajet, who has had important life experiences on four continents.
—Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 5 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
But the island’s booming culinary scene in 2026 reflects both the surging success of its tourist economy and its increasingly cosmopolitan demographic—with plenty of new foodie hot spots to explore.
—Paul Richardson, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Feb. 2026
One of the two host cities, Milan, is multicultural and cosmopolitan, and there are Islamic centers and mosques spread around the city to gather and worship.
—ABC News, 22 Feb. 2026
Noun
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
The adjective cosmopolitan only begins to describe Sajet, who has had important life experiences on four continents.
—Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 5 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
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But while the packaging and TikTok fame might skew young, the formulas themselves are no joke—Laneige has long focused on sophisticated hydration that leaves skin looking plump, smooth, and healthy.—
Christa Joanna Lee,
Allure,
21 Mar. 2026
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Sharper tailoring and column dresses marked a move away from last year’s relaxed layering and flowing silhouettes, pointing toward more sophisticated styles and a focus on longevity.—
Mayu Saini,
Sourcing Journal,
20 Mar. 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
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As for the documentary, that was spurred by Scorsese's trip to Polizzi Generosa, a town where her father's ancestors are from, in the Italian metropolitan of Palermo.—
Ralphie Aversa,
USA Today,
10 Dec. 2025
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From Atlantic beaches to Western mountains to central metropolitans, there’s a destination suited to every type of traveler.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
21 Apr. 2025
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“Cosmopolitan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cosmopolitan. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.
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