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polite society

NOUN

high society

Synonyms

STRONGEST

jet set

WEAK

aristocracy beau monde beautiful people best people café society cream of society crème de la crème cultured class elite fashionable society four hundred good society haut monde high life privileged class right people smart set societe society the Four Hundred the better sorts the privileged upper class upper crust

NOUN

jet set

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 privileged class salon smart set the privileged the well-to-do wealthy people

NOUN

patriciate

Synonyms

WEAK

aristocracy beau monde beautiful people blue blood country-club set crème de la crème elite flower gentility gentry glitterati haut monde high society jet set main line nobility quality smart set top drawer upper class upper crust who's who

NOUN

society

Synonyms

STRONGEST

elite

STRONG

aristocracy flower gentry quality

WEAK

beau monde beautiful people country-club set glitterati haut monde high society jet set main line patriciate smart set top drawer upper crust who's who

NOUN

upper crust

Synonyms

STRONGEST

aristocracy blue blood jet set upper class

WEAK

beau monde beautiful people country-club set crème de la crème elite flower gentility gentry glitterati haut monde high society main line nobility patriciate quality smart set top drawer who's who

Example Sentences

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You are not politically correct and don’t necessarily belong always in polite society.

From Slate • Apr. 13, 2026

No wonder sociologists prefer to focus on the other subject we must avoid in polite society: politics.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

The jury’s still out on whether the term can be considered offensive, and it’s already found its way into polite society.

From Salon • Aug. 19, 2025

But they are not the stuff of polite society.

From New York Times • Jun. 19, 2024

Picasso’s studio was unfit for polite society and, maybe because of that, it became an unlikely salon.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day