CAFÉ SOCIETY Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

café society

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as in jet set

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Recent Examples of café society Showplace’s cafe society analyzed this transaction for the rest of the day. — Alex Traub, New York Times, 19 Sep. 2019 In 2010, the cafe was the site of the city’s first parklet, a place that was coffee grounds zero for the newly emerging Divisadero Street cafe society. — Leah Garchik, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Jan. 2018 Vogue did have artists capture the sartorial caprices of cafe society back in the day; these drawings usually illustrated points made in the accompanying text. — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 20 Sep. 2023 After arguing with a group of American Communists who comprised Havana’s new cafe society, a sobered Cohen shaved the beard and put on a seersucker suit, as recounted by Nadel. — Judy Cantor-Navas, Billboard, 2 May 2018

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More than an idyllic lakeside hamlet beloved by the international jet set, the northern Italian town of Como and the surrounding area are home to the country’s biggest silk-making districts, part of Italy’s fashion supply chain backbone.

— Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 23 June 2026
The business jet set flew from Montreal, Canada, to Nice, France, in just over six hours.

— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 8 June 2026

Definition of jet set

Noun

The characters are thin and the plot often ludicrous, but the sight of beautiful people making bad decisions is soothing enough to override one’s critical faculties.

— Alison Herman, Variety, 19 June 2026
His recruiting focused on the beautiful people of the 1980s, so the screen fills with jet-setting supermodels and nights at Studio 54.

— Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026

Definition of beautiful people

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The discovery was made among human bones at a burial site that researchers believe was used for members of the society’s upper classes.

— Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 7 July 2026
Since February, archaeologists have discovered eight human skeletons, bronze and gold jewelry, pottery and other artifacts indicating a ceremonial burial of wealthy people or members of the society’s upper classes.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 July 2026

Definition of upper class

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What begins as a history play transforms into a sharp-eyed satire about the cost of assimilation in a society where money, power and white privilege remain stubbornly intertwined.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
This transition caused society to contend with both the benefits and dangers of our new technology.

— Will Marshall, Time, 7 July 2026

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