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upper-crust

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of upper-crust

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

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

high, lofty, superior

elevated, ennobled, exalted

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

high-level, senior
Near Antonyms of upper-crust

inferior, knavish

bastard, illegitimate

ordinary, plain

abased, degraded

junior, subordinate
Antonyms of upper-crust

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

upper crust

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of upper crust

1 individuals carefully selected as being the best of a class
  • The conference was a gathering of the upper crust of the computer programming industry.
Synonyms of upper crust

aristocracy, best, choice, cream, crème de la crème, elect, elite, fat, flower, pick, pride, prime, royalty
Words Related to upper crust

establishment, gentry, nobility, quality, society, top, top drawer, upper class
Phrases Synonymous with upper crust

cream of the crop, Hall of Fame
Near Antonyms of upper crust

commoners, herd, hoi polloi, masses, millions, mob, multitude, rank and file, unwashed
2 the highest class in a society
  • a specialty clothing store for the upper crust
Synonyms of upper crust

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

A-list, beautiful people, café society, Four Hundred (or 400), glitterati, jet set, society

carriage trade, plutocracy
Near Antonyms of upper crust

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 crust

proletarians, proletariat

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