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
In 2023, Bettencourt Meyers once again surpassed Walton, who dropped to the third-place spot due to American socialite Julia Koch, who inherited Koch, Inc. ownership stakes from her late husband David Koch.
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Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 3 July 2025
The first wig, worn during scenes in which the main character is still a child, is actually quite a decent fit for the typical wealthy NYC socialite.
—Jihane Bousfiha, Vulture, 2 July 2025
In Fitzgerald’s novel, the wealthy socialite who runs down Myrtle escapes all responsibility, while two additional innocents end up dead.
—Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 27 June 2025
As a dissident, Limonov didn’t find New York to be some immigrant heaven, but rather a cutthroat town where the Upper West Side socialites were as disaffected and atrophied as Politburo members.
—Ed Simon
june 23, Literary Hub, 23 June 2025
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Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 3 July 2025
The first wig, worn during scenes in which the main character is still a child, is actually quite a decent fit for the typical wealthy NYC socialite.
—Jihane Bousfiha, Vulture, 2 July 2025
In Fitzgerald’s novel, the wealthy socialite who runs down Myrtle escapes all responsibility, while two additional innocents end up dead.
—Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 27 June 2025
As a dissident, Limonov didn’t find New York to be some immigrant heaven, but rather a cutthroat town where the Upper West Side socialites were as disaffected and atrophied as Politburo members.
—Ed Simon
june 23, Literary Hub, 23 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for socialite
Noun
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Landscape paintings and portraits of nobles jostled for attention alongside historical paintings and imagined scenes from Shakespeare’s plays.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 July 2025
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Its patriarch, Eugenio, began supplying a few hundred liters of wine to small stores and nobles residing there.—
Irene S. Levine,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
Noun
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The English aristocrat will receive an enormous sum to marry Gladys, the daughter of the railroad titan.—
Elise Taylor,
Vogue,
7 July 2025
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This novel, the first in a trilogy, pokes gentle fun at the aristocrat and all her unruly impulses.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
4 June 2025
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