Synonyms of upper-crust

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adjective

as in aristocratic

of high birth, rank, or station

an interior designer who has intimate knowledge of the tastes of her upper-crust clientele

Synonyms & Similar Words

• aristocratic
• upper-class
• noble
• patrician
• genteel
• highborn
• blue-blooded
• great
• gentle
• silk-stocking
• grand
• royal
• highbred
• wellborn
• superior
• exalted
• high
• regal
• senior
• gentlemanly
• lofty
• princely
• ladylike
• high-level
• knightly
• queenly
• kingly
• lordly
• elevated
• ennobled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lower-class
• common
• plebeian
• low
• humble
• lowly
• ignoble
• mean
• inferior
• ordinary
• bastard
• illegitimate
• nonaristocratic
• plain
• ungenteel
• baseborn
• knavish
• junior
• subordinate
• degraded
• abased

upper crust

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noun

1

as in best

individuals carefully selected as being the best of a class

the conference was a gathering of the upper crust of the computer programming industry

Synonyms & Similar Words

• best
• aristocracy
• elite
• elect
• top
• flower
• cream of the crop
• cream
• priesthood
• Hall of Fame
• society
• crème de la crème
• royalty
• pink
• choice
• corps d'elite
• prime
• pride
• upper class
• A-list
• fat
• quality
• pick
• establishment
• top drawer
• illuminati
• nobility
• gentry
• caviare
• caviar
• who's who

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• masses
• rank and file
• millions
• multitude
• herd
• mob
• commoners
• hoi polloi
• unwashed

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as in nobility

the highest class in a society

a specialty clothing store for the upper crust

Synonyms & Similar Words

• nobility
• aristocracy
• upper class
• gentry
• elite
• patriciate
• gentlefolks
• café society
• gentility
• gentlefolk
• society
• quality
• jet set
• beautiful people
• Four Hundred
• haute monde
• carriage trade
• haut monde
• A-list
• glitterati
• beau monde
• plutocracy
• 400

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• (the) public
• rank and file
• proletariat
• (the) people
• (the) masses
• (the) crowd
• middle class
• (the) populace
• peasantry
• working class
• proletarians
• commoners
• peonage
• plebeians
• bourgeoisie
• (the) herd
• plebs
• (the) mob
• trash
• scum
• dregs
• rabble
• riffraff
• rabblement