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upper-class

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of upper-class

of high birth, rank, or station

  • upper-class boys who had an entrenched sense of entitlement
Synonyms of upper-class

aristocratic, blue-blooded, genteel, gentle, grand, great, highborn, highbred, noble, patrician, silk-stocking, upper-crust, wellborn
Words Related to upper-class

high, lofty, superior

elevated, ennobled, exalted

gentlemanly, kingly, knightly, ladylike, lordly, princely, queenly, regal, royal

high-level, senior
Near Antonyms of upper-class

inferior, knavish

bastard, illegitimate

ordinary, plain

abased, degraded

junior, subordinate
Antonyms of upper-class

baseborn, common, humble, ignoble, low, lower-class, lowly, mean, nonaristocratic, plebeian, ungenteel

upper class

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of upper class

the highest class in a society

  • a school founded to educate the children of the upper class
Synonyms of upper class

aristocracy, elite, gentility, gentlefolk (also gentlefolks), gentry, nobility, patriciate, quality, upper crust
Words Related to upper class

A-list, beau monde, beautiful people, café society, Four Hundred (or 400), glitterati, haut monde (also haute monde), jet set, society

carriage trade, plutocracy
Near Antonyms of upper class

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 upper class

proletarians, proletariat

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