Definitions

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

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His jet set life took him from the south of France to Morocco, London, New York and Los Angeles, where he painted portraits of the designers, dancers and artists who were his friends.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 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

Screens were set up in the small fishing town that was transformed by Bardot's fame into a playground for the jet set.

From BBC • Jan. 7, 2026

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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