glitterati

plural noun

glit·​te·​ra·​ti ˌgli-tə-ˈrä-tē 

: people who are famous, wealthy, and attractive : beautiful people

Every weekend the resort is packed with IT executives, bankers and media glitterati.

—John Parker

In honor of her visit, they held a real Hollywood party, replete with movie stars and other glitterati …

—Janet Roseman

… food critics, politicians, and glitterati from all over the world flock to French eateries.

—Peter Nulty

Examples of glitterati in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The edifice may at first appear to have realized the modernist dream of injecting avant-garde art into everyday life, but its architects’ intention that the building serve only the glitterati of its day evacuated this modernist aesthetic of the socialist ideals typically underpinning it. —Michaëla De Lacaze Mohrmann, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026

This was the night that produced the now-legendary Paris Hilton glitterati shot—the one that would live on in endless best party dresses lists. —Serena Turner, Vanity Fair, 29 Dec. 2025

Candlesticks were once status symbols for the glitterati. —Kathryn O’Shea-Evans, Robb Report, 9 Nov. 2025

The guest list for the event includes senior American politicians and Silicon Valley glitterati, and comes as US officials mull whether to allow Nvidia to sell its cutting-edge Blackwell chips to China. —Ben Smith, semafor.com, 31 Oct. 2025

Word History

Etymology

blend of glitter entry 2 and literati

First Known Use

1940, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for glitterati

• gujarati
• literati
• vanaspati
• basmati
• bharati
• karate
• marathi
• dotty
• doughty
• draughty
• haughty
• knotty