MIDDLE CLASS Synonyms: 83 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in poor

belonging to the class of people of middle social or economic rank She grew up in a middle-class neighborhood, as did most of her classmates.

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noun

as in working class

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Recent Examples of middle-class

Adjective

Think of Rabbit Angstrom, the antihero of a four-novel series by John Updike—each volume written a decade apart, as the former high-school-basketball phenom witnesses, and experiences, the decline of the middle-class American dream. —

Boris Kachka, The Atlantic, 3 Apr. 2026 And the mother, of course, was a housewife, and also with a middle-class background. —

Carol Sutton Lewis, Scientific American, 3 Apr. 2026

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In Oklahoma City, the middle class has higher incomes, ranging from $46,693 to $140,080, with a median household income of $70,040. —

Isa Almeida, Oklahoman, 1 Apr. 2026 The problem now is that the old growth drivers, such as the emerging market middle class and the China supercycle, have stopped, Weng said. —

Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 31 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for middle-class

Recent Examples of Synonyms for middle-class

Adjective

Arsenal were pretty poor but won, Sporting were pretty good but lost.

— Tim Spiers, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
Ackman blamed its poor share price performance partly on the delay of UMG’s listing in the United States.

— Zac Ntim, Deadline, 7 Apr. 2026