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Synonyms & Antonyms of society
1
a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest
- a debate society
Synonyms for society
- association,
- board,
- brotherhood,
- chamber,
- club,
- college,
- congress,
- consortium,
- council,
- fellowship,
- fraternity,
- guild
- (also gild),
- institute,
- institution,
- league,
- order,
- organization,
- sodality
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2
the feeling of closeness and friendship that exists between companions
- an evening marked by a lovely dinner and the society of our closest friends
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3
the way people live at a particular time and place
- a pre-automobile society in which ordinary people rarely strayed far from home
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“Society.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/society. Accessed 28 Jan. 2022.
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The first known use of society was circa 1513
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