Synonyms of aristocratic

aristocratic

adjective

ə-ˌri-stə-ˈkra-tik 

1

as in arrogant

being or characteristic of a person who has an offensive air of superiority and tends to ignore or disdain anyone regarded as inferior

the restaurant's cuisine is truly superb, but the maître d's aristocratic demeanor is a bit much

Synonyms & Similar Words

• arrogant
• snobbish
• elitist
• snooty
• snobby
• ritzy
• snotty
• toffee-nosed
• high-hat
• potty
• aloof
• supercilious
• haughty
• smug
• persnickety
• uppity
• high-and-mighty
• bumptious
• superior
• pretentious
• pompous
• hoity-toity
• imperious
• high-handed
• lordly
• egoistic
• presumptuous
• egotistic
• huffy
• overweening
• peremptory
• highfalutin
• toplofty
• self-important
• huffish
• stuck-up
• self-satisfied
• prideful
• self-conceited
• bigheaded
• biggety
• swelled-headed
• swellheaded

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• democratic
• egalitarian
• humble
• modest
• unpretentious
• egoless
• anti-elitist

2

as in noble

of high birth, rank, or station

an impoverished dowager who never lets people forget about her aristocratic origins

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of aristocratic

Yet many of the finest craftsmen of the era—the same goldsmiths and silversmiths creating luxury objects for aristocratic clients—were also producing watches. — Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 3 July 2026

And the unself-conscious fly-in-amber aristocratic ambience of the hotel came through the tumultuous modernization unscathed. — Air Mail, 27 June 2026

The Sound and The Fury Told by four narrators in a stream of consciousness writing style, this 1929 story describes the downfall of a wealthy Southern aristocratic family, the Compsons. — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 25 June 2026

Because of previous demand, over 20,000 people had been employed in buckle manufacture in the Birmingham area, but when this aristocratic fashion suddenly collapsed in 1786 on the eve of the French Revolution, their trade collapsed along with it. — Literary Hub, 25 June 2026