jet set

3 definitions found

jet set - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  jet set \jet" set`\ n. [from jet plane, the conveyance used in
     their travels.]
     an international group of wealthy individuals who travel
     frequently to international resorts. -- the group is not
     organized, but membership is defined solely by frequent
     travel for pleasure.
     [PJC]

jet set - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  jet set
      n 1: a set of rich and fashionable people who travel widely for
           pleasure

jet set - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  76 Moby Thesaurus words for "jet set":
     Vanity Fair, adventurer, alpinist, astronaut, beau monde,
     beautiful people, best people, cafe society, camper,
     carriage trade, climber, comers and goers, commuter, cosmopolite,
     cream of society, cruiser, drawing room, elite, excursionist,
     explorer, fare, fashionable society, globe-girdler, globe-trotter,
     goer, good society, hajji, haut monde, high life, high society,
     in-crowd, jet-setter, jeunesse doree, journeyer, mariner, monde,
     mountaineer, palmer, passenger, passerby, pathfinder,
     people of fashion, pilgrim, pioneer, polite society, right people,
     rubberneck, rubbernecker, sailor, salon, sightseer, smart set,
     social register, societe, society, straphanger, the Four Hundred,
     ton, tourer, tourist, trailblazer, trailbreaker, transient,
     traveler, trekker, tripper, upper crust, uppercut, viator,
     visiting fireman, voortrekker, voyager, voyageur, wayfarer,
     world of fashion, world-traveler