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

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Feeling is more powerful than fact here, and Travolta leans hard into the dreamy, futuristic visual identity of the jet set age to evoke a childlike sense of awe in the viewer.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026

“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

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

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