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smart set

NOUN
A list
Synonyms
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aristocracy beau monde beautiful people cream of society crème de la crème cultured class elite haut monde high life high society in-group jet set privileged class society the Four Hundred the privileged upper crust upper echelon
NOUN
beau monde
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beautiful people bon ton fashionable society good society haut monde high life high society society
NOUN
beautiful people
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aristocracy beau monde café society cream of society crème de la crème cultured class elite famous people glamorous people glitterati haut monde high life high society in-crowd jet set privileged class society society people the in-crowd the privileged the upper class the well-to-do upper crust wealthy people
NOUN
café society
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beau monde beautiful people cream of society elite fashionable society glitterati haut monde high society in-crowd jet set right people societe
NOUN
cream of the crop
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aristocracy beau monde beautiful people best of the best cream of society cream of the cream crème de la crème haut monde high society pick of the litter privileged class the elite the finest the privileged upper class upper crust
NOUN
high society
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jet set
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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 polite society privileged class right people societe society the Four Hundred the better sorts the privileged upper class upper crust
NOUN
jet set
Synonyms
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high society upper class upper crust
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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 the privileged the well-to-do wealthy people
NOUN
patriciate
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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 polite society quality top drawer upper class upper crust who's who
NOUN
society
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STRONGEST
elite
STRONG
aristocracy flower gentry quality
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beau monde beautiful people country-club set glitterati haut monde high society jet set main line patriciate polite society top drawer upper crust who's who
NOUN
upper class
Synonyms
STRONGEST
aristocracy jet set upper crust
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beau monde beautiful people better sort cream crème de la crème cultured class elite gentry haut monde high life high society privileged privileged class second estate society the Four Hundred the better sorts the privileged
NOUN
upper crust
Synonyms
STRONGEST
aristocracy blue blood jet set upper class
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beau monde beautiful people country-club set crème de la crème elite flower gentility gentry glitterati haut monde high society main line nobility patriciate polite society quality top drawer who's who

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She added that the department has "made a smart set of decisions but it is part of an overall package".

From BBC • Oct. 28, 2025

But this pathetic desire to be seen as part of the "smart" set makes it pretty easy to scam the elite right.

From Salon • Aug. 8, 2023

The larger-than-life 70-year-old is an Oxford graduate, was part of London's smart set in the late 1970s and later led cricket-mad Pakistan to victory in the 1992 World Cup.

From Reuters • May 22, 2023

David Zinn contributes a smart set design, with a central, rounded brick apartment building whose walls part to reveal street scenes, hotel suites and showgirl-filled stages.

From Washington Post • Apr. 24, 2022

She managed to make herself popular in the smart set and she needed money to carry out her social ambitions.

From The Third Degree A Narrative of Metropolitan Life by Klein, Charles