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
His designs have earned the small, independent designer a diverse fanbase of Southern socialites, Carrie Bradshaw lookalikes, and rappers like Megan Thee Stallion.
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Kevin Huynh,
InStyle,
11 June 2026
The influencer and socialite has 250,000 followers on Instagram.
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Joseph Konig,
PEOPLE,
8 June 2026
Now the Daily Mail, that 39-year-old Florida socialite Anderson, is looking past the wedding.
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Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
4 June 2026
American vacationers, Emirati princes, French fashion designers, British socialites and new-money Chinese.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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Kevin Huynh,
InStyle,
11 June 2026
The influencer and socialite has 250,000 followers on Instagram.
—
Joseph Konig,
PEOPLE,
8 June 2026
Now the Daily Mail, that 39-year-old Florida socialite Anderson, is looking past the wedding.
—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
4 June 2026
American vacationers, Emirati princes, French fashion designers, British socialites and new-money Chinese.
—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms 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.
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One of these high-ranking British nobles was the Earl of Euston.
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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.
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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.
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“Socialite.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/socialite. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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