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proletarian

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of proletarian

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

a self-made Internet magnate who is not at all ashamed of his proletarian background

Synonyms of proletarian

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

Words Related to proletarian

bourgeois, middle-class

plain, poor, simple, working-class

déclassé, down-market, downscale

Near Antonyms of proletarian

eminent, illustrious, notable, prominent

Antonyms of proletarian

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

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