| Main Entry: | upper class |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cream of society |
Synonyms: |
aristocracy, beau monde, beautiful people, better sort, cream, crème de la crème, cultured class, elite, gentry, haut monde, high life, high society, jet set, privileged, privileged class, second estate, smart set, society, the Four Hundred, the better sorts, the privileged, upper crust |
| Main Entry: | affluent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wealthy |
Synonyms: |
flush*, loaded, moneyed, opulent, prosperous, rich, stinking rich, upper class, upscale, well-off, well-to-do |
| Notes: | to be affluent is to be prosperous or rich while effluent means flowing out or forth |
Antonyms: |
destitute, impoverished, needy, penniless, poor |
| Main Entry: | aristocracy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | privileged class, government |
Synonyms: |
elite, gentility, gentry, haut monde, high society, nobility, noblesse, patricians, patriciate, peerage, society, upper class, upper crust |
Antonyms: |
commoners, plebites, proletariat |
| 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, upper-class, well-born, well-bred |
Antonyms: |
low-born, low-life, poor, unprivileged, vulgar, wanting |
| Main Entry: | elite |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | best, first-class |
Synonyms: |
aristocratic, choice, cool*, crack*, elect, exclusive, gilt-edged, greatest, noble, out of sight, out of this world, pick, selected, super, tip-top, top, top drawer, top-notch, topflight, upper-class, world-class |
Antonyms: |
common, low-class, lower, lower-class, ordinary, poor, worst |
| 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: | gentle |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | of noble birth |
Synonyms: |
Brahmin, aristocratic, blue-blooded, courteous, cultured, elegant, genteel, highborn, highbred, noble, polished, polite, refined, upper-class, well-born, well-bred |
Antonyms: |
crude, low |
| 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: |
Four Hundred, aristocracy, beau monde, beautiful people, beautiful people, best people, café society, cream of society, crème de la crème, cultured class, elite, fashionable society, good society, haut monde, high life, jet set, jet set, polite society, privileged class, right people, smart set, societe, society, the Four Hundred, the better sorts, the privileged, upper class, upper crust |