upper crust
nounDefinition of upper crust
: the highest social class or group especially : the highest circle of the upper class
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Synonyms & Antonyms for upper crust
Synonyms
aristocracy, elite, gentility, gentlefolk (also gentlefolks), gentry, nobility, upper class
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Among the upper crust, such a thing would not have been comme il faut. — Moira Hodgson, WSJ, "‘Proust’s Duchess’ Review: The Guermantes Trio," 5 July 2018 And Republicans just passed another round of tax cuts to offer a helping hand to the upper crust. — New York Times, "The Profound Social Cost of American Exceptionalism," 29 May 2018 While the upper crust among them may be well initiated, newbies from Hollywood could be attending their first royal affair. — Scott Harrison, latimes.com, "Royal wedding: The invitation says 'day dress with hat.' Here are hats from other royal nuptials," 16 May 2018 That’s a reversal from the first half of the 20th century, when a churchgoing Protestant establishment dominated the country’s upper crust. — Jason Willick, WSJ, "The Man Who Discovered ‘Culture Wars’," 25 May 2018 On September 17, 2014, the art world’s upper crust convened in Luxembourg City to fête Le Freeport, a warehouse where the ultra-rich hoard paintings, cars, jewelry, wine, and other luxuries in duty-free comfort. — Atossa Araxia Abrahamian, Longreads, "Tax-Free Storage Wars," 29 May 2018 Rediker believes that was, in part, because Lay didn’t fit the narrative embraced by the upper crust in the abolitionist movement. — Susan Hogan, Washington Post, "‘In the belly of hell’: The Quaker abolitionist disowned by his faith for condemning slave owners," 14 May 2018 Jason Gerace directs this story of a young woman from a poor but creative family who falls in love with a young man from the upper crust. — Kerry Reid, chicagotribune.com, "Summer theater 2018: Our top 25 shows to see," 23 May 2018 Patrick is like an upper crust Hunter S. Thompson, with a seemingly endless ability to ingest drugs and cope with the very surreal results. — Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, "‘Patrick Melrose’ and ‘Little Women’: opposite portraits of the ties that bind," 9 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'upper crust.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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