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
The mansion, located near Kansas City’s Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, had once served as a guest home for visiting socialites in the early 1900s.
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Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 6 Jan. 2026
It was later purchased by New York City socialites in the 1950s, and soon became a glam A-list hideaway.
—Annie Daly, Vogue, 3 Jan. 2026
Her 21st birthday tour is what elevated her from New York socialite to the world’s reigning nightlife queen.
—Serena Turner, Vanity Fair, 29 Dec. 2025
The new generation of skiers that emerge in the 1970s embraced bursts of vibrant color, head-to-toe black, metallics, prints and plaids in the same era when fashion icons, celebrity and socialites mingled with locals at aprés-ski hangouts and discotheques.
—Tonya Blazio-Licorish, Footwear News, 21 Dec. 2025
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Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 6 Jan. 2026
It was later purchased by New York City socialites in the 1950s, and soon became a glam A-list hideaway.
—Annie Daly, Vogue, 3 Jan. 2026
Her 21st birthday tour is what elevated her from New York socialite to the world’s reigning nightlife queen.
—Serena Turner, Vanity Fair, 29 Dec. 2025
The new generation of skiers that emerge in the 1970s embraced bursts of vibrant color, head-to-toe black, metallics, prints and plaids in the same era when fashion icons, celebrity and socialites mingled with locals at aprés-ski hangouts and discotheques.
—Tonya Blazio-Licorish, Footwear News, 21 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for socialite
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VIPs included Princesse Lamballe of Italy and the Polignacs, a family of French nobles, including her bestie, the Duchesse de Polignac, along with an attractive buffet of artists, musicians, and actors.—
Serena Turner,
Vanity Fair,
29 Dec. 2025
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Jonathan Richardson the Elder apprenticed under John Riley, the court painter of English king William of Orange, and made a fine living as a portrait painter of various nobles and notables throughout the first half of the 1700s.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Dec. 2025
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The film, directed by renowned German New Wave artist and filmmaker Ulrike Ottinger, is the latest retelling of the story of Hungarian Countess Elizabeth Báthory, a real-life aristocrat accused of bathing in the blood of virgins to retain her youth.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Jan. 2026
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And the main thing that Yasmin has in common with her husband—the hapless aristocrat Henry Muck, played by Kit Harington—is their terrible fathers.—
Louis Staples,
Glamour,
12 Jan. 2026
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“Socialite.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/socialite. Accessed 18 Jan. 2026.
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