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
Rhode Islanders nicknamed the house after the scandalous socialite, and the name is still often used by locals today.
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Catherine Messier, The Providence Journal, 28 Mar. 2026
And also on the quiet luxury front, there’s the fate of a bad-girl socialite’s pup and their tenuous relationship to a hamburger fan’s clamorous glass sports court.
—Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2026
But, by the beginning of the Gilded Age in America in the 1870s, the sartorial code became the upper class’s go-to for the opera, debutante balls, and any of the fancy-dress parties thrown by socialites of the day.
—Vogue, 27 Mar. 2026
The socialite is now a bailiff, Orsolya Ionescu (Eszter Tompa), who has a husband and three children, none of whom, mercifully, dies; the plight of the young and comfortable is not Jude’s concern.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2026
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Catherine Messier, The Providence Journal, 28 Mar. 2026
And also on the quiet luxury front, there’s the fate of a bad-girl socialite’s pup and their tenuous relationship to a hamburger fan’s clamorous glass sports court.
—Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2026
But, by the beginning of the Gilded Age in America in the 1870s, the sartorial code became the upper class’s go-to for the opera, debutante balls, and any of the fancy-dress parties thrown by socialites of the day.
—Vogue, 27 Mar. 2026
The socialite is now a bailiff, Orsolya Ionescu (Eszter Tompa), who has a husband and three children, none of whom, mercifully, dies; the plight of the young and comfortable is not Jude’s concern.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for socialite
Noun
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On June 15, 1215, rebellious nobles compelled King John of England to sign the Magna Carta.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 Apr. 2026
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One historic pad in London, England, is ready to welcome nobles of the present day.—
Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
30 Mar. 2026
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Elsa Luisa Maria Schiaparelli is born in Rome, the second of two daughters of a Neapolitan aristocrat, Giuseppa Maria de Dominicis, and Celestino Schiaparelli, a scholar from Piedmont who was appointed head of the Lincei Library in the Palazzo Corsini by King Victor Emmanuel II.—
Laird Borrelli-Persson,
Vogue,
28 Mar. 2026
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The Catholic king, James II, was bitterly opposed by the Protestant aristocrats, who feared Catholic domination and French influence.—
David Brooks,
The Atlantic,
25 Mar. 2026
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“Socialite.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/socialite. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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