SOCIALITE Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

socialite

noun

Definition of socialite

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 And her turn as 1960s Florida socialite Evelyn Rollins in Palm Royale, too. — Carita Rizzo, Deadline, 6 Aug. 2026 The socialite and model, 28, attended in support of her fiancé, Karl-Anthony Towns, who took home the award for Best Team alongside his New York Knicks teammates. — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 16 July 2026 Yes, socialites had been famous for being famous since the Gilded Age. — Steven Johnson, Washington Post, 14 July 2026 This family-run collection of hotels began in the 1960s when an Italian businessman took over a stunning property in Porto Ercole, previously a hangout for international socialites. — Megan Rose Murray, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for socialite

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The country’s nobles eventually surrendered in exchange for being allowed to keep their lands (some of them may have done so with their fingers crossed).

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 17 Aug. 2026
Within a few years, Edward and some of the York nobles were at odds, and the throne briefly returned to Henry VI.

— Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 Aug. 2026

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But in a case of life imitating art, the show’s entire publicity strategy was inadvertently wrecked by a real-life aristocrat, after reports leaked that Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, was being eyed for a role in the series.

— K.J. Yossman, Variety, 25 Aug. 2026
There were hair-metal bands that only had power ballads — Firehouse or some band with 17th century French aristocrat hair.

— Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of aristocrat

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