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
Burden’s grandmother Babe Paley, a prominent New York socialite, was married to William Paley, the founder of CBS and a serial philanderer.
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Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026
Don, meanwhile, is now engaged to Palm Beach socialite Bettina Anderson.
—Sarah Jones, PEOPLE, 30 Mar. 2026
Rhode Islanders nicknamed the house after the scandalous socialite, and the name is still often used by locals today.
—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
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Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026
Don, meanwhile, is now engaged to Palm Beach socialite Bettina Anderson.
—Sarah Jones, PEOPLE, 30 Mar. 2026
Rhode Islanders nicknamed the house after the scandalous socialite, and the name is still often used by locals today.
—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
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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
Noun
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The home improvement company is also a dividend aristocrat, having raised its annual dividend for more than 25 straight years .—
Darla Mercado, CFP®,
CNBC,
7 Apr. 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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“Socialite.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/socialite. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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