cosmopolitan

(noun) a sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries. Synonyms: cosmopolite.

(adj) growing or occurring in many parts of the world. Synonyms: cosmopolitan (vs. endemic), widely distributed. Examples: "A cosmopolitan herb." "Cosmopolitan in distribution."

(adj) composed of people from or at home in many parts of the world; especially not provincial in attitudes or interests. Synonyms: cosmopolitan (vs. provincial). Examples: "His cosmopolitan benevolence impartially extended to all races and to all creeds"- t.b. macaulay." "The ancient and cosmopolitan societies of syria and egypt." "That queer, cosmopolitan, rather sinister crowd found around the marseilles docks."

(adj) of worldwide scope or applicability. Synonyms: ecumenical, oecumenical, general, universal, worldwide, world-wide. Examples: "An issue of cosmopolitan import." "The shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time"- christopher morley." "Universal experience."