socialite
Americannoun
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socialites
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noun
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Etymology
Origin of socialite
Explanation
A socialite is someone who spends a lot of time in fashionable social circles. A socialite gets invited to all the best parties and says yes to all of them. When you talk to other people, you're being social. A socialite is a person who loves being social, especially in circles that are in the public eye. A socialite goes to the fanciest parties and the most expensive restaurants. A socialite dates famous people and goes where photographers can take their picture. A socialite is always making the scene. In many ways, socialites are the opposite of hermits or recluses.
Vocabulary lists containing socialite
We the People: Soc
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In 1997, the actor and socialite Grace Hightower tied the knot, and they celebrated by picking up a $1.5 million home in Gardiner, N.Y.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
Others argued that the shirt is too cheap-looking to be something Chao, who is every inch the wealthy socialite, would wear.
From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2026
A handsome plumber was as likely to get in as a couture-clad socialite; once inside, he might find himself chatting up Mick Jagger or dancing with Liza Minnelli.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Phil’s opening night was the Bowl opening night, suitable for conspicuous socialite picnicking.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2026
Before the war, Lulu was a socialite in Philippines high society.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
And who knew that 19th-century San Francisco socialites ground up iridescent abalone shells and sprinkled them on their invitations?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Lawyers for Epstein's estate also handed over copies of his address book, which contained contact details from 1990 to 2019 for a host of celebrities, royals, fashion designers, business figures, socialites and politicians.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2025
“Party Girl” and its star defined cool for the ’90s, well before the club scene was taken over by rich and famous socialites a decade later.
From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2025
Guest, Lee Radziwill, Slim Keith — these women were described as socialites, they were influential in their own way.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2024
A strange group, to say the least, but it was a known fact that tortoises were the socialites of the woods.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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