jet set

NOUN

high society

Synonyms

STRONGEST

high society upper class upper crust

WEAK

beau monde beautiful people café society country-club set cream of society crème de la crème elite fashionable society gentlefolk glitterati haut monde high life in-crowd leisured class moneyed class polite society privileged class salon smart set the privileged the well-to-do wealthy people

ADJECTIVE

being a member of the jet set

Synonyms

STRONG

blasé cosmopolitan fashionable filthy rich jaded moneyed sophisticated upper-class urbane worldly

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

“I know it sounds very jet set, and I love to surround myself with beauty, but it’s not excessive. It’s very comfortable,” she said.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 25, 2026

When temperatures hit freezing, the northern jet set reliably migrates to St. Barts, a little slice of France in the Caribbean.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026

What did we really learn from these new disclosures that made Summers suddenly unacceptable to the private jet set?

From Slate • Nov. 20, 2025

Sharply dressed in double-breasted suits he could often be seen mingling with the city's jet set and soon came to the attention of Italian police, who put him under surveillance.

From BBC • Jul. 6, 2022

Its beak shone like burnished gold, and its eyes glinted like jet set in yellow stones; its huge white wings were half lifted.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

jet set

Example Sentences

Related Words