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
• persnickety
• uppity
• high-and-mighty
• bumptious
• smug
• pretentious
• pompous
• hoity-toity
• superior
• 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

In contrast to Marsh Farm, Royal Lodge is a true aristocratic mansion. — Emma Banks, InStyle, 21 Aug. 2026

Here’s one book written by this aristocratic Thai woman almost 80 years ago. — Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2026

In it, a twelve-year-old boy, Cosimo, rebels against his aristocratic family, and the Enlightenment’s false divide between nature and culture, by climbing a holm oak and spending his life in the canopy. — Eric Klinenberg, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026

How anyone ever saw Fried as a holier-than-thou aristocratic formalist is beyond me. — Carlos Valladares, ARTnews.com, 14 Aug. 2026