Noun: society su'sI-u-tee
- An extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization
"The anthropologist studied the customs of the indigenous society"
- A formal association of people with similar interests
"they formed a small lunch society";
- club, social club, guild, gild, lodge, order
- The fashionable elite
"She aspired to be part of high society and attended all the right parties";
- high society, beau monde, smart set, bon ton
- The state of being with someone
"he enjoyed the society of his friends";
- company, companionship, fellowship
Derived forms: societies
Type of: association, elite, élite [Brit], elite group, friendly relationship, friendship, mateship [Austral, NZ], social group
Encyclopedia: Society, The Catholic Church Extension