First Known Use: circa 1618
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cosmopolite
noun cos·mop·o·lite \käz-ˈmä-pə-ˌlīt\
Definition of COSMOPOLITE
: a cosmopolitan person or organism
— cos·mo·po·li·tism \käz-ˈmä-pə-ˌlī-ˌti-zəm, -lə-ˌti-; ˌkäz-mə-ˈpä-lə-ˌti-\ noun
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Origin of COSMOPOLITE
New Latin cosmopolites, from Greek kosmopolitēs, from kosmos + politēs citizen
Related to COSMOPOLITE
- Synonyms
- city slicker, cosmopolitan, metropolitan, slicker, sophisticate
- Antonyms
- bumpkin, hick, provincial, rustic, yokel
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Rhymes with COSMOPOLITE
adipocyte, alexandrite, amazonite, amoebocyte, amyl nitrite, anthophyllite, anti-Semite, butyl nitrite, dermatophyte, electrolyte, embryophyte, exurbanite, gemütlichkeit, Gibeonite, Gileadite, go fly a kite, hermaphrodite, idiot light, Indo-Hittite, McCarthyite, meteorite, Michiganite, Midianite, multipartite, New Hampshirite, New Jerseyite, potato blight, property right, quadripartite, Rhode Island White, spermatocyte, substantive right, suburbanite, sweetness and light, theodolite, Turkish delight, Wyomingite
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