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| Main Entry: | elite |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | best, first-class |
| Synonyms: | aristocratic, choice, cool*, crack*, elect, exclusive, noble, out of sight, out of this world, pick, selected, super, top, top-notch, gilt-edged, greatest, tip-top, top drawer, topflight, upper-class, world-class |
| Antonyms: | common, lower, ordinary, poor, worst, low-class, lower-class |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | elite |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | high-class persons |
| Synonyms: | aristocracy, beautiful people*, best, blue blood, celebrity, choice, cream, crowd, elect, establishment, fast lane*, fat*, flower, gentility, gentry, high society*, nobility, pride, prime, prize, quality, select, society, top, upper class, carriage trade, country club set, crème de la crème, glitterati, in-crowd, jet-set, main line, old money, optimacy, upper crust |
| Antonyms: | lower class, ordinary, commonality, low-life |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | aristocracy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | privileged class, government |
| Synonyms: | elite, gentility, gentry, haut monde, high society, nobility, society, upper class, noblesse, patricians, patriciate, peerage, upper crust |
| Antonyms: | proletariat, commoners, plebites |
| Main Entry: | aristocratic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | privileged, elegant |
| Synonyms: | aloof, blue-blooded, courtly, dignified, elegant, elite, fine, haughty, noble, patrician, polished, refined, snobbish, stylish, well-bred, upper-class, well-born |
| Antonyms: | poor, vulgar, wanting, low-born, low-life, unprivileged |
| Main Entry: | choice |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | best, superior |
| Synonyms: | 10, 24-karat, elect, elite, excellent, exceptional, exclusive, exquisite, fine, first-class, nice, popular, precious, preferential, preferred, prime, prize, rare, select, special, top-drawer, uncommon, unusual, valuable, winner, A-1*, hand-picked, solid gold |
| Antonyms: | inferior, poor, sad, worst |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | crack |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | super, first-rate |
| Synonyms: | able, ace, adept, best, capital, choice, crackerjack*, deluxe, elite, excellent, expert, first-class, pro*, proficient, skilled, skillful, superior, talented, handpicked |
| Antonyms: | bad, inferior, poor |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | favored |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | popular |
| Synonyms: | blessed, chosen, elite, lucky, pet*, preferred, privileged, recommended, selected, sweetheart, advantaged, best-liked, fair-haired, singled out, well-liked |
| Antonyms: | unpopular, disfavored |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gentility |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sophistication, cultivation |
| Synonyms: | aristocracy, blue blood, civility, courtesy, culture, decorum, elegance, elite, etiquette, flower*, formality, gentry, good manners, nobility, polish, politeness, propriety, quality, rank, refinement, respectability, society, upper class, courtliness, gentle birth, gentlefolk, good breeding, good family, high birth, mannerliness, optimacy, ruling class, upper crust, urbanity |
| Antonyms: | coarseness, roughness, crudeness, rusticity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | high-class |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | first-class |
| Synonyms: | best, choice, classy, deluxe, elite, superior, supreme, upper-class, upper-crust |
| Main Entry: | high society |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fashionable society |
| Synonyms: | aristocracy, beau monde, beautiful people*, beautiful people, café society, elite, haut monde, jet set*, jet set, society, upper class, Four Hundred, best people, cream of society, crème de la crème, cultured class, fashionable society, good society, high life, polite society, privileged class, right people, smart set, societe, the Four Hundred, the better sorts, the privileged, upper crust |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | jet set |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | high society |
| Synonyms: | beau monde, beautiful people, café society, elite, haut monde, high society, salon, upper class, country-club set, cream of society, crème de la crème, fashionable society, gentlefolk, glitterati, high life, in-crowd, leisured class, moneyed class, polite society, privileged class, smart set, the privileged, the well-to-do, upper crust, wealthy people |
| Main Entry: | nobility |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | aristocracy; eminence |
| Synonyms: | dignity, elevation, elite, exaltation, excellence, generosity, gentry, glorification, grandeur, greatness, high society, honor, integrity, magnanimity, magnificence, majesty, royalty, society, superiority, upper class, uprightness, virtue, ennoblement, illustriousness, incorruptibility, loftiness, nobleness, patricians, peerage, ruling class, stateliness, sublimity, worthiness |
| Main Entry: | oligarchic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | governed by small group |
| Synonyms: | cabalistic, elite, exclusive, select, cliquey |
| Main Entry: | pick |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a chosen option, usually the choicest |
| Synonyms: | aces, bag, best, choice, choosing, cream*, cup of tea*, decision, elect, elite, flower*, preference, pride, prime, prize, select, selection, top, crème de la crème, druthers, tops |
| Antonyms: | rejection |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | prize |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | best |
| Synonyms: | champion, choice, cream*, elite, fat*, first-class*, first-rate*, outstanding, pick, prime, top, topnotch, winning, award-winning |
| Antonyms: | worst |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | top |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | best, most important; highest |
| Synonyms: | capital, chief, crack, crowning, dominant, elite, excellent, fine, first, first-class, first-rate, foremost, head, lead, leading, maximum, outside, paramount, preeminent, primary, prime, principal, ruling, sovereign, superior, supreme, tiptop*, top-drawer, top-notch, upper, uppermost, apical, culminating, finest, five-star, greatest, loftiest, maximal, topmost |
| Antonyms: | least, low, lower, lowest, second-rate, unimportant |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | blue-blooded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | aristocratic |
| Synonyms: | elite, noble, privileged, purebred, refined, well-bred, bluestocking, pedigreed, upper-class, well-born |
| Antonyms: | bourgeois, common, low, unrefined, lower-class |
| Main Entry: | A list |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | upper class |
| Synonyms: | aristocracy, beau monde, beautiful people, elite, haut monde, high society, jet set, society, cream of society, crème de la crème, cultured class, high life, in group, privileged class, smart set, the Four Hundred, the privileged, upper crust, upper echelon |
| Main Entry: | beautiful people |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wealthy fashionable people |
| Synonyms: | aristocracy, beau monde, café society, elite, haut monde, high society, jet set, society, cream of society, crème de la crème, cultured class, famous people, glamorous people, glitterati, high life, in-crowd, privileged class, smart set, society people, the in-crowd, the privileged, the upper class, the well-to-do, upper crust, wealthy people |
| Main Entry: | café society |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fashionable people |
| Synonyms: | beau monde, beautiful people, elite, haut monde, high society, jet set, cream of society, fashionable society, glitterati, in-crowd, right people, smart set, societe |
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