crème de la crème

crème de la crème

noun

Definition of CRÈME DE LA CRÈME

individuals carefully selected as being the best of a class <a list of titles that represents the crème de la crème of the multitude of books published over the past year>

Synonyms A-list, aristocracy, best, choice, corps d'elite, cream, crème de la crème, elect, fat, flower, illuminati, pick, pink, pride, priesthood, prime, royalty, upper crust

Related Words establishment, gentry, nobility, quality, society, top, top drawer, upper class; caviar (also caviare); who's who

Near Antonyms commoners, herd, hoi polloi, masses, millions, mob, multitude, rank and file, unwashed