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Synonyms for society
səˈsaɪ ɪ tiso·ci·ety

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English Synonyms and Antonyms3.5 / 8 votes

  1. society

    We speak of an alliance of nations, a club of pleasure-seekers, a community of Shakers, a company of soldiers or of friends, a confederacy, confederation, federation, or union of separate states under one general government, a partnership or company of business men, a conjunction of planets. The whole body of Freemasons constitute a fraternity; one of their local organizations is called a lodge. A corporation or company is formed for purposes of business; an association or society (tho also incorporated) is for learning, literature, benevolence, religion, etc. Compare ASSOCIATE; ACQUAINTANCE; FRIENDSHIP.

    Synonyms:
    alliance, association, club, community, companionship, company, confederacy, confederation, conjunction, connection, corporation, familiarity, federation, fellowship, fraternity, friendship, lodge, participation, partnership, union

    Antonyms:
    disintegration, independence, isolation, separation, solitude

    Preposition:
    An association of scholars for the advancement of knowledge; association with the good is ennobling.

Princeton's WordNet2.5 / 4 votes

  1. societynoun

    an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization

    Synonyms:
    bon ton, company, smart set, lodge, guild, social club, high society, order, beau monde, gild, fellowship, companionship, club

  2. club, social club, society, guild, gild, lodge, ordernoun

    a formal association of people with similar interests

    "he joined a golf club"; "they formed a small lunch society"; "men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today"

    Synonyms:
    guild, auberge, company, night club, parliamentary law, social club, decree, clubhouse, rules of order, fellowship, parliamentary procedure, club, high society, golf club, hunting lodge, bon ton, hostel, monastic order, fiat, cabaret, beau monde, orderliness, ball club, lodge, purchase order, rescript, nightclub, inn, baseball club, edict, nine, hostelry, order of magnitude, indian lodge, gild, smart set, ordination, golf-club, nightspot, order, ordering, companionship

  3. company, companionship, fellowship, societynoun

    the state of being with someone

    "he missed their company"; "he enjoyed the society of his friends"

    Synonyms:
    social club, party, troupe, fellowship, beau monde, smart set, gild, companionship, club, family, ship's company, bon ton, high society, guild, caller, company, order, lodge

  4. society, high society, beau monde, smart set, bon tonnoun

    the fashionable elite

    Synonyms:
    bon ton, company, smart set, lodge, guild, social club, high society, order, beau monde, gild, fellowship, companionship, club

Dictionary of English Synonymes5.0 / 1 vote

  1. societynoun

    Synonyms:
    association, copartnership, partnership, fellowship, company, corporation, body, fraternity, sodality, brotherhood, social union

  2. societynoun

    Synonyms:
    the community, the public, the world

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words1.0 / 1 vote

  1. societynoun

    Synonyms:
    sodality, association, fraternity, club, confraternity, guild, verein (Ger.), companionship, association, fellowship, company

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How to use society in a sentence?

  1. Ibrahim Nseir:

    Our society in Syria was never perfect, but we were worshipping our God freely and we were respected, we need Christians to stay in this country where Christianity started and if they have left to come back, but they need to know their cities are safe before they can do that.

  2. Mark Toner:

    These actions undermine China's claim to be a rule-of-law society, run contrary China's human rights commitments and hinder its attempts to build a more transparent and effective justice system.

  3. Dan Szczesny:

    They show people that not having physical things doesn't mean that you are unhappy with your life, that's terribly attractive to searchers from a capitalistic society who are used to attaining stuff to be happy.

  4. Neil Gorsuch:

    The great project of Justice's Scalia's career was to remind us of the differences between judges and legislators, to remind us that legislators may appeal to their own moral convictions and to claims about social utility to reshape the law as they think it should be in the future. But that judges should do none of these things in a democratic society.

  5. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison:

    Australians have earned an early mark, we need to restart our economy, we need to restart our society.


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