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jet set

jet set noun: a social class of wealthy people who travel for pleasure.

Noun

jet set (plural jet sets)

  1. (idiomatic) A social class of wealthy people who travel for pleasure.
    • And when the snow falls you're found in St. Moritz / With the others of the jet set / And you sip your Napoleon brandy / But you never get your lips wet, no you don't1969, Peter Sarstedt, “Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)?”
    • You should belong to the jet set / Fly your own private Learjet / But you worked in a grocery store / Every day you could afford to get away1975, Harpo, “Moviestar”

Adjective

jet set (not comparable)

  1. Relating to the lifestyle of the jet set.

Verb

jet set (third-person singular simple present jet sets, present participle jet setting, simple past and past participle jet setted)

  1. (intransitive) To follow the lifestyle of the jet set.

jet set meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Kannada

jet set in Tamil

மகிழ்ச்சி செலவர்

jet set in Urdu

امیر, وضعدار

jet set in Kannada

ಶ್ರೀಮಂತ ವರಿಷ್ಠರು, ಉಚ್ಚವರ್ಗದವರು, ಜೆಟ್ ವಿಮಾನದಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರಯಾಣ ನಿರತರಾದವರು

Forms of jet set

Noun
pluraljet sets
alternative formjetset
alternative formjet-set
Verb
third-person singular presentjet sets
present participlejet setting
past participlejet setted
pastjet setted

Words formed from jet set

Questions about jet set

What does jet set mean?
Jet set means a social class of wealthy people who travel for pleasure.
What is jet set in Tamil?
Jet set in Tamil is மகிழ்ச்சி செலவர். See Jet set meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is jet set?
Jet set can be a noun, an adjective or a verb.
What is the plural of jet set?
The plural of jet set is jet sets.

Words near jet set in the dictionary

  1. jet plane
  2. jet planes
  3. jet propellant
  4. jet propellants
  5. jet propulsion
  6. jet set
  7. jet sets
  8. jet setted
  9. jet setter
  10. jet setters
  11. jet setting

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: jet set (page history and authors); jet set (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); jet set (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); jet set (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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