an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization

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

[ Syn: club , social club , guild , gild , lodge , order ]

the state of being with someone; he missed their company; he enjoyed the society of his friends

[ Syn: company , companionship , fellowship ]

the fashionable elite

[ Syn: high society , beau monde , smart set , bon ton ]