Synonyms for society
səˈsaɪ ɪ tiso·ci·ety

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.5 / 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.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.2 / 5 votes

1. society

   Synonyms:
   community, polity, association, collection, companionship, fellowship, connection, participation, company, sociality, communion, intercourse, sodality

   Antonyms:
   individuality, personality, segregation, separation, solitariness, missociality, privacy, dissociation, disconnection

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.5 / 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

Matched Categories

1. • Association
   • Elite
   • Friendship
   • Social Group

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:5.0 / 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 WordsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. societynoun

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

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "society":

   corporation, company, société, social, community, gesellschaft, societies, sociedad, societal, maatschappij, sociedade, družba, association, league, public, firm, sabiedrība, sociã

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1. Sirpa Franzen:

   We see everything from people with a background in petty crime to well-established young men who have found a place in society.

2. Bernie Sanders:

   I think the right to vote is inherent to our democracy. Yes, even for terrible people, so, I believe that people commit crimes, they pay the price. When they got out of jail, I believe they certainly should have the right to vote. But I do believe, even if they are in jail, they are paying their price to society, but [also] that should not take away their inherent American right to participate in our democracy.

3. Ethical Traveler:

   While we acknowledge that no country is perfect, we honor those that strive to build a better, more sustainable society, their neighbors can learn and benefit from their example -- and so can we.

4. Albert Einstein:

   We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.

5. Donna Ferrato:

   I believe that photographs have the power to change many things -- change laws, change the minds of society, change people, it's not just about go in, take some pictures and then move away. I spend usually two or three years at a time with my subjects.