n. Function: noun
1
Synonyms: COMPANY 1, companionship, fellowship
2
Synonyms: ASSOCIATION 2, brotherhood, club, fellowship, fraternity, guild, league, order, sodality, union
3 an organized aggregate of persons who are responsible for a prevailing social order FF1C; rules made in the interests of society rather than for the chosen few FF1E;
Synonyms: community, people, public
Related Words: masses, populace
Idioms: people in general, society at large, the general public
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Synonyms: ARISTOCRACY , aristoi, elite, flower, gentry, patriciate, quality, upper class, upper crust, who's who
Idioms: high society ( or life)