1. (noun)society an extended socialgroup having a distinctive cultural and economic organization
2. (noun)club, social club, society, guild, gild, lodge, order a formalassociation 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. (noun)company, companionship, fellowship, society the state of being with someone "he missed their company"; "he enjoyed the society of his friends"
4. (noun)society, high society, beau monde, smart set, bon ton the fashionable elite