Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Showing results for socialite. Search instead for eusocialities.
Synonyms

socialite

American  
[soh-shuh-lahyt] / ˈsoʊ ʃəˌlaɪt /

noun

  1. a socially prominent person.

socialite British  
/ ˈsəʊʃəˌlaɪt /

noun

  1. a person who is or seeks to be prominent in fashionable society

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of socialite

First recorded in 1925–30; social + -ite 1

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

The socialite moved to the property just two years after her marriage to Trump ended after 15 years.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 17, 2026

In 2021, he took part in a TV show featuring socialite and entrepreneur Kim Kardashian, where he built a bunker for her California home.

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026

In “The Hunting Wives,” Brittany Snow stars as Sophie O’Neil, an ex-Bostonian housewife who gets pulled into the world of Malin Akerman’s socialite ringleader Margo Banks.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2026

Hope documents her collection on social media, and she recently received feedback from socialite Nicky Hilton.

From BBC • Jan. 6, 2026

The visit was the brainchild of Mrs. Marie Mattingly Meloney, a New York socialite and magazine entrepreneur who had been shocked to learn that Madame Curies research was hobbled by a meager supply of radium.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.