UPPER CRUST Synonyms: 128 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in aristocratic

of high birth, rank, or station an interior designer who has intimate knowledge of the tastes of her upper-crust clientele

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noun

as in aristocracy

individuals carefully selected as being the best of a class the conference was a gathering of the upper crust of the computer programming industry

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as in nobility

the highest class in a society a specialty clothing store for the upper crust

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Recent Examples of upper-crust

Adjective

Quentin Tarantino's ultraviolent World War II fantasy gave the Austrian-German actor his villainous breakout role as Hans Landa, a Nazi baddie with an upper-crust cultural side. —

Brian Truitt, USA Today, 4 Mar. 2026 The two-story house became the tiny town’s version of a ski resort, sans the steep prices and upper-crust snobbery. —

Zak Keefer, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026

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Two leagues that are deeper but don't have that really thick upper crust would be the Big 10 and the SEC. —

Dana Taylor, USA Today, 13 Mar. 2026 Besides, he’s already got a first name that sounds like a last name, signifying the American upper crust. —

Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for upper-crust

Recent Examples of Synonyms for upper-crust

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Gentile da Foligno in Perugia Italy was one of the few regions in Latin Christendom where physicians organized into guilds in the fourteenth century and thus routinely treated the general populace, rather than merely the wealthier mercantile and aristocratic classes.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 May 2026
The couple, who went public with their relationship in 2024, swore eternal love in Arizona during a very intimate ceremony away from English castles and aristocratic residences.

— Laura Scafati, Vanity Fair, 19 May 2026