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elite

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of elite

1 individuals carefully selected as being the best of a class

  • the winners of this science award represent the elite of our high schools
Synonyms of elite

A-list, aristocracy, best, choice, corps d'elite, cream, crème de la crème, elect, fat, flower, illuminati, pick, pink, pride, priesthood, prime, royalty, upper crust
Words Related to elite

establishment, gentry, nobility, quality, society, top, top drawer, upper class

caviar (also caviare)

who's who
Phrases Synonymous with elite

cream of the crop, Hall of Fame
Near Antonyms of elite

commoners, herd, hoi polloi, masses, millions, mob, multitude, rank and file, unwashed

2 the highest class in a society

  • the country's elite owned or controlled most of the wealth
Synonyms of elite

aristocracy, gentility, gentlefolk (also gentlefolks), gentry, nobility, patriciate, quality, upper class, upper crust
Words Related to elite

A-list, beau monde, beautiful people, café society, Four Hundred (or 400), glitterati, haut monde (also haute monde), jet set, society

carriage trade, plutocracy
Near Antonyms of elite

commoners, (the) crowd, (the) masses, peasantry, peonage, (the) people, plebeians, plebs, (the) populace, (the) public, rank and file

bourgeoisie, middle class, working class

dregs, (the) herd, (the) mob, rabble, rabblement, riffraff, scum, trash
Antonyms of elite

proletarians, proletariat

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