Synonyms of bourgeoisie

bourgeoisie

noun

as in proletariat

Related Words

• proletariat
• middle class
• working class
• rabble
• unwashed
• scum
• masses
• riffraff
• plebeians
• commoners
• populace
• rout
• rabblement
• public
• ragtag and bobtail
• commons
• millions
• rank and file
• people
• tag, rag, and bobtail
• trash
• multitude
• mob
• herd
• hoi polloi

Dissimilar Words

• society
• aristocracy
• elite
• gentry
• quality
• upper class
• establishment
• elect
• nobility
• upper crust
• A-list
• peerage
• gentlefolk

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bourgeoisie

The book told of Miss Peterson’s search for her own ancestry and detailed her discovery of the prosperous, Black bourgeoisie, based largely in Brooklyn, that had played a principal role in the New York of the late nineteenth century. — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 12 May 2026

The economic cost of the war is now palpable – with cell-phone data outages that regularly blight major cities angering even the pro-Putin bourgeoisie – adding to a sense of the war beginning to hit the urban elite, who until now were mostly isolated from the invasion’s impact. — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 4 May 2026

Scheidt’s family were members of the German-Jewish bourgeoisie (a distant cousin, Albert Ballin, was general director of what became the world’s largest steamship line). — Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026

Noasis, around the corner from Base Camp, is for families of tech bourgeoisie. — Joe Hagan, Vanity Fair, 18 Mar. 2026