crème de la crème

individuals carefully selected as being the best of a class a list of titles that represents the crème de la crème of the multitude of books published over the past year Synonyms A-list, aristocracy, best, choice, corps d'elite, cream, elite, elect, fat, flower, illuminati, pick, pink, pride, priesthood, prime, royalty, upper crustRelated Words establishment, gentry, nobility, quality, society, top, top drawer, upper class; caviar (also caviare); who's whoNear Antonyms commoners, herd, hoi polloi, masses, millions, mob, multitude, rank and file, unwashed