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, society, 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:
   society, 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, society, 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. Barack Obama:

   Targeting police officers is completely unacceptable - an affront to civilized society.

2. Anthony Hayes:

   There is an extreme disparity when it comes to treating HIV and AIDS, it's critical, when we talk about ending the epidemic, to not just to talk about the science. These are people who are incredibly vulnerable as it relates to all aspects of society. In contrast, more affluent HIV positive people — specifically gay white men — are able to access care, they have jobs, they have homes, they have access to life's basic necessities that many do not.

3. Patrick Gaspard:

   The government of Hungary has denigrated and misrepresented our work and repressed civil society for the sake of political gain, using tactics unprecedented in the history of the European Union, the so-called Stop George Soros package of laws is only the latest in a series of such attempts. It has become impossible to protect the security of our operations and our staff in Hungary from arbitrary government interference.

4. Bob Pittman:

   I think everyone who cares about society and cares about our neighbors and our fellow humans was looking for what can I do to contribute ? And although this was certainly on the path for us, we all feel really good about it as a company.

5. Drew Angerer/Pool via AP:

   So what's happened to Black Lives Matter? What's happened to Antifa? … One city after another destroyed people, killed people, [and] maimed. Oh yes, yes! – but it was mostly peaceful, according to the press, we conservatives, we oppose violence. We believe in civil society. We believe in law and order. Jan. 6 is a demonstration of what the Democrats believe in. What do they believe in? They believe in power.