SOCIALITE Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

socialite

noun

Definition of socialite

as in noble

someone who is well-known in fashionable society and is often seen at parties and other social events for wealthy people Many of the city's socialites showed up for the premiere gala.

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Recent Examples of socialite American vacationers, Emirati princes, French fashion designers, British socialites and new-money Chinese. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026 His designs have earned the small, independent designer a diverse fanbase of Southern socialites, Carrie Bradshaw lookalikes, and rappers like Megan Thee Stallion. — Kevin Huynh, InStyle, 11 June 2026 In lieu of celebrities and socialites, the competition will open the doors to the now-infamous Scottish castle to 22 everyday Americans, hand-selected from a nationwide search resulting in over 60,000 hopeful applicants. — Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 18 June 2026 Meanwhile, Hôtel Plaza Athénée attracted everyone from composers working at neighboring Théâtre des Champs-Élysées to Hollywood A-listers and socialites like Rita Hayworth, Lauren Bacall, Sophia Loren, and Jackie Kennedy—all of whom sauntered over to Dior to shop during their stay. — Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 12 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for socialite

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While life expectancy was lower during the 15th Century, nobles like Simonetta often lived longer due in part to their wealth.

— Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 17 June 2026
One of these high-ranking British nobles was the Earl of Euston.

— Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 1 June 2026

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These Virginia aristocrats had been raised on the same Enlightenment thinkers—David Hume and Adam Smith, Montesquieu and Voltaire—as John Adams and Samuel Adams had.

— James Traub, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026
In Sally Potter’s 1992 masterpiece Orlando, Virginia Woolf’s classic novel of a British aristocrat who is born in the Elizabethan era and goes on to live for hundreds of years—oh, and who also changes genders at around the age of 30—is brought to bold and brilliant visual life.

— Liam Hess, Vogue, 28 June 2026

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