jet set

• POS: Noun Phrase

CIDE DICTIONARY

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]

THESAURUS

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