aristocratic

aris·to·crat·ic

adjective \ə-ˌris-tə-ˈkra-tik, (ˌ)a-ˌris-tə-, ˌa-rə-stə-\

Definition of ARISTOCRATIC

1

: belonging to, having the qualities of, or favoring aristocracy

2

a : socially exclusive <an aristocratic neighborhood>

b : snobbish

— aris·to·crat·i·cal·ly \-ti-k(ə-)lē\ adverb

Examples of ARISTOCRATIC

1. <the restaurant's cuisine is truly superb, but the maître d's aristocratic demeanor is a bit much>
2. <an impoverished dowager who never lets people forget about her aristocratic origins>

Origin of ARISTOCRATIC

Middle French aristocratique, from Medieval Latin aristocraticus, from Greek aristokratikos, from aristokratia

First Known Use: 1602

Related to ARISTOCRATIC

Synonyms

snobbish, elitist, high-hat, persnickety, potty, ritzy, snobby, snooty, snotty, toffee-nosed [chiefly British]

Antonyms

baseborn, common, humble, ignoble, low, lower-class, lowly, mean, nonaristocratic, plebeian, ungenteel

Related Words

aloof, arrogant, bumptious, haughty, high-and-mighty, highfalutin (also hifalutin), high-handed, hoity-toity, huffish, huffy, imperious, lordly, overweening, peremptory, pompous, presumptuous, pretentious, supercilious, superior, toplofty (also topliftical), uppity; biggety (or biggity) [Southern & Midland], bigheaded, egoistic (also egoistical), egotistic (or egotistical), prideful, self-conceited, self-important, self-satisfied, smug, stuck-up, swelled-headed, swellheaded

Near Antonyms

democratic, egalitarian; egoless, humble, modest, unpretentious; antielitist, antisnob

Other Sociology Terms

bourgeois, ethos, eugenics, exurb, incommunicado, intelligentsia, megalopolis, metrosexual, mores, subculture

Rhymes with ARISTOCRATIC

adiabatic, asymptomatic, axiomatic, diagrammatic, electrostatic, epigrammatic, gerontocratic, homeostatic, idiomatic, melodramatic, meritocratic, monochromatic, paradigmatic, physiocratic, psychodramatic, psychosomatic, soap-operatic, undemocratic, undiplomatic