society

Meaning

  1. (countable) A long-standing group of people sharing cultural aspects such as language, dress, norms of behavior and artistic forms.
  2. (countable) A group of people who meet from time to time to engage in a common interest; an association or organization.
  3. (countable) The sum total of all voluntary interrelations between individuals.
  4. (uncountable) The people of one’s country or community taken as a whole.
  5. (uncountable) High society.
  6. (countable) A number of people joined by mutual consent to deliberate, determine and act toward a common goal.

Synonyms

association
B2
club
A2
company
A1
community
B1
world
A1
🗺️
union
B1
organization
B2
assembly
C1
fellowship
C2
league
B2
guild
C2
culture
B2
civilization
C1
order
A1
gild
circle
B2
⭕
corporation
C1
brotherhood
C1
fraternity
C2
high society
meeting
A2
lodge
C1
public
A2
companionship
C2

commonwealth

organisation
C2
institution
C1
institute
C1
group
A2
alliance
B2
bon ton
combination
B2
universe
B1

social circle

federation
C1
set
A1
beau monde
smart set
mankind
B2
people
A1
🧑‍🤝‍🧑
social club
council
B1
coterie
family
A1
👪
communion
C2
commune
C2
communal
C2
assemble
C1
committee
B2
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Translations

société
Gesellschaft
sociedad
società
sociedade
maatschappij
associazione
societat
Verein

κοινωνία

sociëteit
samenleving
club
club
Frequency

B1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/səˈsaɪ.ə.ti/
Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French societé, from Old French societé, from Latin societās, societātem (“fellowship, association, alliance, union, community”), from socius (“associated, allied; partner, companion, ally”), from Proto-Indo-European *sokʷ-yo- (“companion”), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to follow”). First attested in the 1530s.

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