VIP guests
Honored event attendees
VIP guests are people receiving special treatment or priority access at an event, venue, or establishment.
The phrase is technically redundant—VIP already means "very important person"—but the combination is common and natural: The VIP guests were escorted to a private lounge.
It emphasizes the guest role rather than general importance.
- celebritiesWell-known public figures
- exclusiveLimited to one group
- velvet ropeLuxurious crowd-control barrier
- roped offBlocked by barrier
- private entranceDedicated entry for one
champagne · high roller · limousine · penthouse · backstage · red carpet · entourage · suite · concierge · paparazzi · elite · gala · premiere · bottle service · bottle girls · private jet · bodyguard · reserved
- hotelshotel staff, hotel room, accommodations, hotelier, innkeeper
- attendeesattendees, attendee, participant, participants, audience
- audience typesfans, concertgoer, concertgoers, theatergoer, theatergoers
- eventgoerspatrons, visitors, crowds, regulars, spectators
VIP guestsgeneral admission
standing room only · economy class · nosebleed section · hoi polloi · the masses
VIP guestsnobodies
Unimportant, unknown persons
unknowns · ordinary people · rank and file · average Joes · commoners
VIP, guest, guests, important, person, persons, importance, importantly, unimportant