as in cosmopolitan
a person with the outlook, experience, and manners thought to be typical of big city dwellers
a TV series about the lives and loves of a group of young, attractive metropolitans
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Recent Examples of metropolitan
E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 18 Jan. 2025
Arizona's population has skyrocketed over the past decade — but some of the highest rates of growth have occurred outside of our major metropolitans, per an Axios analysis of the latest U.S. Census Bureau estimates.
—Jessica Boehm, Axios, 9 Jan. 2025
Tristan Bove, Fortune, 8 Jan. 2026
Dozens of people from the Phoenix metropolitan area voted and ranked The Tamale Store as the best tamales in the region in the La Voz Arizona contest.
—Paula Soria, AZCentral.com, 8 Jan. 2026
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Noun
Han, looking almost cartoonishly mid-century metropolitan, wears a dark coat, with the lapel snapped up, over a white shirt and a dark tie.
—E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 18 Jan. 2025
Arizona's population has skyrocketed over the past decade — but some of the highest rates of growth have occurred outside of our major metropolitans, per an Axios analysis of the latest U.S. Census Bureau estimates.
—Jessica Boehm, Axios, 9 Jan. 2025
Adjective
Rural areas lagged metropolitan ones in several metrics.
—Tristan Bove, Fortune, 8 Jan. 2026
Dozens of people from the Phoenix metropolitan area voted and ranked The Tamale Store as the best tamales in the region in the La Voz Arizona contest.
—Paula Soria, AZCentral.com, 8 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for metropolitan
Noun
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Alas, Jewish skeptics of Zionism who preferred to think of themselves as cosmopolitans found no reprieve.—
Ian Buruma,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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The adjective cosmopolitan only begins to describe Sajet, who has had important life experiences on four continents.—
Jim Higgins,
jsonline.com,
5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The Liberty Macarena’s location is the latest of several metro Mexican restaurants to close.—
Jenna Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
17 Apr. 2025
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For example, in 2020 Democrats saw a net gain in the metro Milwaukee suburbs of about 25,000 votes compared to 2016, enough by itself to cost Trump the state.—
Craig Gilbert,
Journal Sentinel,
25 Nov. 2024
Noun
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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
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Few things jar the delicate pretensions of the cocktail sophisticate so much as a drink with a chicken on top.—
The New York Times News Service Syndicate,
Denver Post,
28 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Utilizing a far more civilized system, the host at the stand in front of the restaurant gives diners an oddly accurate time to return.—
Joel Stein,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Jan. 2026
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Here was a foolish and incompetent tribune of the nation’s racist vulgarians, opposed by the prosperous and the well educated, the civilized and the tolerant.—
Rosa Lyster,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Crème fraiche is a rich, cultured cream with a high butterfat content and mild, tangy flavor.—
Heather Riske,
Better Homes & Gardens,
11 Jan. 2026
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Natural pearls, which, unlike cultured pearls, form spontaneously without human intervention, have become increasingly rare.—
Elle Meier,
InStyle,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Metropolitan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/metropolitan. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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