What does man of the world mean?

man of the world means "a worldly-wise person".

What is another word for man of the world?

Close synonyms include sophisticate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is man of the world a common word?

man of the world is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

man of the world — meaning, pronunciation and definition

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
a worldly-wise person
Synonymssophisticate
Broaderadult
Narrowercosmopolitan slicker

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What does man of the world mean?: man of the world means "a worldly-wise person".
What is another word for man of the world?: Close synonyms include sophisticate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

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