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gentry

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of gentry

1 the highest class in a society

poor tenant farmers working for landed gentry

Synonyms of gentry

aristocracy, elite, gentility, gentlefolk (also gentlefolks), nobility, upper class, upper crust

Words Related to gentry

A-list, beautiful people, café society, Four Hundred (or 400), glitterati, jet set, society

carriage trade, plutocracy

Near Antonyms of gentry

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 gentry

proletarians, proletariat

2 one of the segments of society into which people are grouped

The old-line yachting gentry frowns on vulgar displays of wealth.

Synonyms of gentry

caste, class, estate, folk, order, stratum

Words Related to gentry

bracket, echelon, grade, layer, level, tier

place, position, rank, standing, status

food chain, grouping, hierarchy, stratification

clan, family, fraternity, people, race, tribe

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