Word family noun society sociologist sociology sociability social socialism socialist socialite socialization sociopath adjective sociable ≠ unsociable social ≠ anti-social unsocial socialist socialistic societal sociological sociopathic verb socialize adverb socially sociably sociologically
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishsocialiteso‧cial‧ite /ˈsəʊʃəl-aɪt $ ˈsoʊ-/ noun [countable] FASHIONABLEsomeone who is well known for going to many fashionable parties, and who is often rich a Washington socialiteExamples from the Corpus
socialite• Rene Russo re-enacts the true story of Gertrude Lintz, a socialite who nurses an infant ape to robust health.• Faye Dunaway plays a socialite who has changed her identity to escape her father.• One anxious socialite complained that five of her dinner invitations had been cancelled.• Juliet was grateful to find a kindred spirit among all these wealthy public-school-educated socialites.• The man who is now so Victorian in his manners and morals was a rampant socialite.• He tapped an array of contributors, among them celebrities, politicos and wannabes, unions, socialites and lawyers.• The company's passenger lists glittered with film stars, aristocrats, writers, socialites, and tycoons. 