beau monde

1. 1.

   the fashionable elite

   Synonymssocietyhigh societysmart setbon ton

   Broaderelite

Questions about beau monde

What does beau monde mean?

beau monde means "the fashionable elite".

What is another word for beau monde?

Close synonyms include society, high society, smart set, bon ton. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is beau monde a common word?

beau monde is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.