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Synonyms for society
səˈsaɪ ɪ tiso·ci·ety
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
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, unionAntonyms:
disintegration, independence, isolation, separation, solitudePreposition:
An association of scholars for the advancement of knowledge; association with the good is ennobling.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
society
Synonyms:
community, polity, association, collection, companionship, fellowship, connection, participation, company, sociality, communion, intercourse, sodalityAntonyms:
individuality, personality, segregation, separation, solitariness, missociality, privacy, dissociation, disconnection
Princeton's WordNet
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, clubclub, 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, companionshipcompany, 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, lodgesociety, 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
Dictionary of English Synonymes
societynoun
Synonyms:
association, copartnership, partnership, fellowship, company, corporation, body, fraternity, sodality, brotherhood, social unionsocietynoun
Synonyms:
the community, the public, the world
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
societynoun
Synonyms:
sodality, association, fraternity, club, confraternity, guild, verein (Ger.), companionship, association, fellowship, company
PPDB, the paraphrase database
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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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#162 | public | |
#173 | order | |
#178 | company | |
#250 | community | |
#262 | family | |
#538 | party | |
#558 | social | |
#582 | club | |
#711 | society | |
#726 | association | |
#744 | collection | |
#1088 | corporation | |
#1106 | union | |
#1221 | inn | |
#1327 | connection | |
#1854 | firm | |
#1979 | league | |
#2550 | partnership | |
#2802 | participation | |
#2839 | ordering | |
#2910 | nine | |
#3356 | alliance | |
#3496 | lodge | |
#4628 | federation | |
#6549 | societies | |
#6595 | friendship | |
#6850 | fellowship | |
#6889 | conjunction | |
#7357 | guild | |
#9097 | hostel | |
#10307 | caller | |
#12987 | fiat | |
#13053 | decree | |
#14273 | communion | |
#14331 | intercourse | |
#15155 | fraternity | |
#15626 | ordination | |
#18139 | nightclub | |
#18709 | societal | |
#18908 | familiarity | |
#18925 | clubhouse | |
#19769 | cabaret | |
#20488 | confederation | |
#27133 | gesellschaft | |
#30391 | troupe | |
#34551 | companionship | |
#36804 | sociedad | |
#37247 | confederacy | |
#39160 | polity | |
#40252 | auberge | |
#46050 | edict | |
#54227 | societe | |
#71175 | sociedade | |
#98099 | gild | |
#112087 | hostelry | |
#129417 | sociality | |
#135230 | orderliness | |
#135966 | maatschappij | |
#137722 | nightspot | |
#173076 | socia |
How to use society in a sentence?
You sign contracts based on the average norms that a society has experienced over the last 100 years. If we have a new event that is not covered by those norms, it goes into force majeure. That's what Harold Hamm and others are saying - that these are circumstances outside the norm.
Any power must be an enemy of mankind which enslaves the individual by terror and force, whether it arises under the Fascist or the Communist flag. All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded to the individual.
Society produces rogues, and education makes one rogue cleverer than another.
We're headed toward a two-tiered society -- a society that's destroying opportunities for the disadvantaged and creating welfare for the rich.
Hollywood is probably the most pro-Beijing sector of U.S. society and certainly of U.S. businesses, it’s such an influential force in the United States and globally.
Translations for society
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- samelewing, gemeenskapAfrikaans
- مجتمع, اجتماعيةArabic
- cəmiyyətAzerbaijani
- грама́дстваBelarusian
- обществоBulgarian
- সমাজBengali
- societatCatalan, Valencian
- společnostCzech
- cymdeithasWelsh
- samfundDanish
- GesellschaftGerman
- εταιρεία, κοινωνία, σύλλογοςGreek
- societo, socioEsperanto
- sociedad, comunidadSpanish
- ühiskondEstonian
- جامعهPersian
- yhteiskunta, seura, yhdistys, yhteisö, kerhoFinnish
- samfelagFaroese
- sociétéFrench
- maatskippijWestern Frisian
- cumann, tsochaíIrish
- cuideachd, comann-sòisealta, sòisealtasScottish Gaelic
- sociedadeGalician
- સમાજGujarati
- חברהHebrew
- समाजHindi
- társaságHungarian
- հասարակություն, ընկերությունArmenian
- societateInterlingua
- masyarakatIndonesian
- socioIdo
- samfélag, þjóðfélag, félagIcelandic
- associazione, societàItalian
- החברהHebrew
- 組織, 社会Japanese
- საზოგადოებაGeorgian
- қауым, қоғам, социумKazakh
- សង្គម, សមាគមKhmer
- ಸಮಾಜKannada
- 연구회, 사회, 회, 조합, 동호회, 학회, 단체, 社會, 협회, 모임Korean
- کۆمهڵایهتیKurdish
- коомKyrgyz
- societāsLatin
- ສັງຄົມLao
- visuomenėLithuanian
- sabiedrībaLatvian
- fiarahamoninaMalagasy
- porihangaMāori
- општествоMacedonian
- സമൂഹംMalayalam
- нийгэмMongolian
- समाजMarathi
- masyarakatMalay
- soċjetà, ġens, għaqdaMaltese
- လူ့ဘောင်, လူတော, လူ့အဖွဲ့အစည်းBurmese
- maatschappij, gezelschap, sociëteit, vereniging, samenlevingDutch
- samfunnNorwegian
- societatOccitan
- ସମାଜOriya
- towarzystwo, społeczeństwo, stowarzyszeniePolish
- agremiação, associação, sociedade, grupo, grêmioPortuguese
- sozietad, societed, societad, societàRomansh
- societate, mediuRomanian
- общество, социум, народRussian
- друштво, zȁjednica, drúštvoSerbo-Croatian
- සමාජයSinhala, Sinhalese
- spoločnosťSlovak
- družbaSlovene
- shoqëriAlbanian
- samhälle, föreningSwedish
- jamiiSwahili
- சமூகம்Tamil
- సంఘం, సంపన్న వర్గం, సమాజంTelugu
- ҷомеа, ҷамоат, ҷамъиятTajik
- สังคมThai
- jemgyýetTurkmen
- samahan, lipunan, sambayananTagalog
- toplumTurkish
- җәмгыятьTatar
- суспільствоUkrainian
- سماجUrdu
- jamiyat, jamoaUzbek
- xã hội, 社會Vietnamese
- געזעלשאַפטYiddish
- 社会Chinese
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