1. (

• society

) an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization ;

2. (

• club ,
• social_club ,
• society ,
• guild ,
• gild ,
• lodge ,
• order ,

) 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" ;

3. (

• company ,
• companionship ,
• fellowship ,
• society

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

4. (

• society ,
• high_society ,
• beau_monde ,
• smart_set ,
• bon_ton

) the fashionable elite ;