Main entry: society
Definition: an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization
Main entry: guild, gild, order, lodge, social club, society, club
Definition: a formal association of people with similar interests
Usage: he joined a golf club; they formed a small lunch society; men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today
Main entry: society, smart set, bon ton, beau monde, high society
Definition: the fashionable elite
Main entry: companionship, company, society, fellowship
Definition: the state of being with someone
Usage: he missed their company; he enjoyed the society of his friends