as in sophisticates
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 cosmopolitans
If top-level soccer is now played by something like rootless cosmopolitans, it’s financed by billionaires who are no longer primarily European.
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Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2026
Cocktails that would otherwise cost $18 each - such as Margaritas, cosmopolitans, Manhattans, and Old-Fashioneds - are included in this package.
—Debbi Kickham, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2026
Cocktails that would otherwise cost $18 each - such as Margaritas, cosmopolitans, Manhattans, and Old-Fashioneds - are included in this package.
—Debbi Kickham, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cosmopolitans
Noun
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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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Despite parents’ efforts, allowances aren’t necessarily minting a new generation of financial sophisticates.—
Michael Waters,
The Atlantic,
10 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Unfortunately, in the many car-centric metropolitans of the US, a leisurely stroll from your hotel lobby might just lead you to a parking lot instead.—
Hannah Towey,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 Jan. 2024
Cite this Entry
“Cosmopolitans.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cosmopolitans. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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