What does high society mean?

high society means "the fashionable elite".

What is another word for high society?

Close synonyms include society, beau monde, 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 high society a common word?

high society 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.

high society — meaning, pronunciation and definition

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
the fashionable elite
Synonymssociety beau monde smart set bon ton
Broaderelite

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What does high society mean?: high society means "the fashionable elite".
What is another word for high society?: Close synonyms include society, beau monde, 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.

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