Synonyms of caste

caste

noun

ˈkast 

as in class

one of the segments of society into which people are grouped

a member of the upper caste

Synonyms & Similar Words

• class
• level
• rank
• gentry
• echelon
• stratum
• folk
• estate
• order
• tier
• layer
• bracket
• status
• family
• hierarchy
• stratification
• grade
• race
• tribe
• grouping
• standing
• clan
• position
• fraternity
• people
• subcaste
• food chain
• place

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of caste

To that point, human history was a tale of conquest and caste and rigid hierarchies. — Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 18 June 2026

Membership in a hijra community is not through kinship, as in the case of caste, but typically achieved later in life by choice or resulting from familial pressures. — Charles Preston, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 May 2026

Subterranean, drywood and dampwood, the three most common types of termites in the United States, all have reproductive castes capable of flying in swarms. — Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 14 May 2026

Those advances drove a startling demographic transformation that has increased the proportion of elders in our society, unintentionally empowering a caste that has slowed progress. — Samuel Moyn, Harpers Magazine, 21 Apr. 2026