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
Completed in the mid-1950s by master builder Joe Pawling for wealthy Illinois philanthropists and socialites George and Marcia Barrett, Holden occupied the digs from 1966 to 1977.
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Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 21 Oct. 2025
The family released a statement about the socialite’s death.
—Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 20 Oct. 2025
The film follows a Cuban socialite, an English schoolteacher, and an Irish Catholic priest in Miami who spearhead a daring operation to help more than 14,000 children escape communist indoctrination and begin new lives in America — evading Castro’s secret police at every turn.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2025
As the socialite posed in front of the cameras, draped in nothing but barely there pearls, Kris made sure to capture behind-the-scenes content of the shoot with her own digital camera.
—Andrea Wurzburger, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
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Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 21 Oct. 2025
The family released a statement about the socialite’s death.
—Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 20 Oct. 2025
The film follows a Cuban socialite, an English schoolteacher, and an Irish Catholic priest in Miami who spearhead a daring operation to help more than 14,000 children escape communist indoctrination and begin new lives in America — evading Castro’s secret police at every turn.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2025
As the socialite posed in front of the cameras, draped in nothing but barely there pearls, Kris made sure to capture behind-the-scenes content of the shoot with her own digital camera.
—Andrea Wurzburger, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for socialite
Noun
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The Rats live fast and without fear, stealing from tax collectors and nobles.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
30 Oct. 2025
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Caesar is a conspiracy of nobles; the removal of hundreds of (alleged) Venezuelan gang members is the action of ICE.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
23 Oct. 2025
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From hot scientists to charming aristocrats to dancing princes, here are Bailey’s sexiest onscreen roles thus far.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Nov. 2025
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That’s realized quite literally by the prolific Swedish actor Stig Järrel, who plays Satan as an aristocrat in a state of perpetual ocular discomfort due to Britt-Marie’s insistence on holding onto her virginity.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Socialite.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/socialite. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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