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lower-class

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Synonyms & Antonyms of lower-class

belonging to the class of people of low social or economic rank

they were finally earning enough to get out of the lower-class tax bracket

Synonyms for lower-class

baseborn,
common,
humble,
ignoble,
inferior,
low,
low-life,
lowborn,
lowly,
lumpen,
mean,
plebeian,
prole,
proletarian,
unwashed,
vulgar

Words Related to lower-class

bourgeois,
middle-class

plain,
poor,
simple,
working-class

déclassé,
down-market,
downscale

Near Antonyms for lower-class

eminent,
illustrious,
notable,
prominent

Antonyms for lower-class

aristocratic,
blue-blooded,
genteel,
gentle,
grand,
great,
high,
highborn,
highbred,
lofty,
noble,
patrician,
upper-class,
upper-crust,
wellborn

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Thesaurus Entries Near lower-class

lower

lower-class

lowered

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“Lower-class.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lower-class. Accessed 10 Aug. 2022.

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The first known use of lower-class was in 1637

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