royalty

royalty

noun

Definition of ROYALTY

1

a dignified bearing or appearance befitting someone of royal status <she has an air of royalty that belies her humble origins>

Synonyms augustness, kingliness, royalty, stateliness

Related Words high-mindedness, magnanimity, nobility, nobleness; haughtiness, lordliness, pomposity, pompousness; dignity, poise; gloriousness, grandeur, grandness, greatness, impressiveness, magnificence, resplendence, resplendency, splendidness, splendor; class, elegance, grace

2

individuals carefully selected as being the best of a class <a political fund-raiser attended by the royalty of the Hollywood scene>

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