Definition of upper crust
: the highest social class or group;
especially
: the highest circle of the upper class
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the conference was a gathering of the upper crust of the computer programming industry
a specialty clothing store for the upper crust
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Lori Russo, making her Sacramento Theatre debut, is frigid and rigid as the uptight, upper crust Katharine.
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Meet the upper crust of the world's driverless cars.
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But he was plagued by his patrician, upper crust demeanor.
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Generally inexpensive, house paint is the Chanel lipstick of interiors, a point at which the hoi polloi and upper crust intersect.
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The Hollywood Reporter's original restaurant series highlights the who, what and where of Los Angeles dining for the upper crust.
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Recent history suggests that Wisconsin’s defense won’t fall from the upper crust of the FBS, but that would demand a productive spring from those returning reserves set to occupy more substantial roles.
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As president, Ramaphosa will have to reckon with the vast economic divide that has left millions of black South Africans languishing in informal settlements while the country’s upper crust has grown fabulously wealthy.
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Maryland's three conference losses have come against the upper crust of the Big Ten: Purdue, Michigan State and Ohio State, which crushed the Terps, 91-69, on Thursday.
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First Known Use of upper crust
1836
upper crust Synonyms
Synonyms
aristocracy, elite, gentility, gentlefolk (also gentlefolks), gentry, nobility, upper class;
Antonyms
Near Antonyms
commoners, (the) crowd, (the) masses, peasantry, peonage, (the) people, plebeians, plebs, (the) populace, (the) public, rank and file;
bourgeoisie, middle class, working class;
dregs, (the) herd, (the) mob, rabble, rabblement, riffraff, scum, trash;
Related Words
A-list, beautiful people, café society, Four Hundred (or 400), glitterati, jet set, society;
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