Synonyms of bourgeoisie

bourgeoisie

noun

as in proletariat

Related Words

• proletariat
• middle class
• working class
• rabble
• unwashed
• scum
• masses
• riffraff
• plebeians
• commoners
• populace
• rout
• rabblement
• public
• ragtag and bobtail
• commons
• millions
• rank and file
• people
• tag, rag, and bobtail
• trash
• multitude
• mob
• herd
• hoi polloi

Dissimilar Words

• society
• aristocracy
• elite
• gentry
• quality
• upper class
• establishment
• elect
• nobility
• upper crust
• A-list
• peerage
• gentlefolk

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bourgeoisie

Simone Bellotti’s Jil Sander introduces precision tailoring with pops of emotion and color, while Celine under Michael Rider leans into bourgeoisie dressing with clashes of primary colors and razor sharp lines that is extremely persuasive. — Alex Badia, Footwear News, 22 May 2026

The book told of Miss Peterson’s search for her own ancestry and detailed her discovery of the prosperous, Black bourgeoisie, based largely in Brooklyn, that had played a principal role in the New York of the late nineteenth century. — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 12 May 2026

The economic cost of the war is now palpable – with cell-phone data outages that regularly blight major cities angering even the pro-Putin bourgeoisie – adding to a sense of the war beginning to hit the urban elite, who until now were mostly isolated from the invasion’s impact. — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 4 May 2026

Scheidt’s family were members of the German-Jewish bourgeoisie (a distant cousin, Albert Ballin, was general director of what became the world’s largest steamship line). — Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026