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wealthy people

NOUN
beautiful people
Synonyms
WEAK
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 smart set society society people the in-crowd the privileged the upper class the well-to-do 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 polite society privileged class salon smart set the privileged the well-to-do

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For years, Ver has recommended other wealthy people consider citizenship in the small Caribbean nation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, which has no individual income tax.

From Salon • Jan. 23, 2026

“Some people do actually leave and change their behavior, but the vast bulk of wealthy people don’t, because it doesn’t make sense.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 19, 2026

A massive counter campaign has carried the opponents' warnings that very wealthy people might leave the country to avoid the tax, weakening the economy.

From Barron's • Nov. 27, 2025

“I didn’t wake up one morning and say to myself, My next business is going to be yet another place where wealthy people can hang out,” Halevy says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025

“It’s when wealthy people come into a neighborhood to redevelop it to increase its value. It usually pushes out people and businesses that have been around for a long time.”

From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya