| Main Entry: | blue blood |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | noble descent |
Synonyms: |
Brahman, aristocrat, noble, patrician, silk-stocking, thoroughbred, titled person, upper-cruster |
| Main Entry: | elite |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | high-class persons |
Synonyms: |
aristocracy, beautiful people, best, blue blood, carriage trade, celebrity, choice, country club set, cream, crowd, crème de la crème, elect, establishment, fast lane, fat*, flower, gentility, gentry, glitterati, high society, in-crowd, jet-set, main line, nobility, old money, optimacy, pride, prime, prize, quality, select, society, top, upper class, upper crust |
Antonyms: |
commonality, low-life, lower class, ordinary |
| Main Entry: | gentility |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sophistication, cultivation |
Synonyms: |
aristocracy, blue blood, civility, courtesy, courtliness, culture, decorum, elegance, elite, etiquette, flower*, formality, gentle birth, gentlefolk, gentry, good breeding, good family, good manners, high birth, mannerliness, nobility, optimacy, polish, politeness, propriety, quality, rank, refinement, respectability, ruling class, society, upper class, upper crust, urbanity |
Antonyms: |
coarseness, crudeness, roughness, rusticity |
| Main Entry: | noble |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | member of royal or important family |
Synonyms: |
archduchess, archduke, aristocrat, blue blood, count, countess, duchess, duke, emperor, empress, gentleman, gentlewoman, lady, lord, patrician, peer, prince, princess, royalty, silk stocking |
| Main Entry: | patrician |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person born to upper class |
Synonyms: |
aristocrat, blue blood, gentleperson, noble, nobleperson, peer, silk stocking, upper cruster |
Antonyms: |
commoner |
| Main Entry: | crème de la crème |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | society |
Synonyms: |
aristocracy, beautiful people, blue blood, elite, four hundred, gentility, gentry, haut monde, high society, jet set, nobility, upper class, who's who |
| Main Entry: | noblesse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nobility |
Synonyms: |
birth, blood, blue blood, dignity, elevation, elite, ennoblement, exaltation, excellence, generosity, gentry, glorification, grandeur, greatness, high society, honor, illustriousness, incorruptibility, integrity, loftiness, magnanimity, magnificence, majesty, nobleness, patricians, peerage, royalty, ruling class, society, stateliness, sublimity, superiority, upper class, uprightness, virtue, worthiness |
| Main Entry: | patriciate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | society |
Synonyms: |
aristocracy, beau monde, beautiful people, blue blood, country set, crème de la creme, elite, flower*, gentility, gentry, glitterati, haut monde, high society, jet set, main line, nobility, polite society, quality, smart set, top drawer, upper class, upper crust, who's who, who's who |
| Main Entry: | upper crust |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | society |
Synonyms: |
aristocracy, beau monde, beautiful people, blue blood, country set, crème de la crème, elite, flower*, gentility, gentry, glitterati, haut monde, high society, jet set, main line, nobility, patriciate, polite society, quality, smart set, top drawer, upper class, who's who, who's who |
| Main Entry: | gentility |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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