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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | privileged class, government |
| Synonyms: | elite, gentility, gentry, haut monde, high society, nobility, noblesse, patricians, patriciate, peerage, society, upper class, upper crust |
| Antonyms: | commoners, plebites, proletariat |
| Main Entry: | gentility |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sophistication, cultivation |
| Synonyms: | aristocracy, blue blood, civility, courtesy, courtliness, culture, decorum, elegance, elite, etiquette, flower*, formality, gentle birth, gentlefolk, gentry, good breeding, good family, good manners, high birth, mannerliness, nobility, optimacy, polish, politeness, propriety, quality, rank, refinement, respectability, ruling class, society, upper class, upper crust, urbanity |
| Antonyms: | coarseness, crudeness, roughness, rusticity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | high society |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fashionable society |
| Synonyms: | Four Hundred, aristocracy, beau monde, beautiful people, beautiful people, best people, café society, cream of society, crème de la crème, cultured class, elite, fashionable society, good society, haut monde, high life, jet set, jet set, polite society, privileged class, right people, smart set, societe, society, the Four Hundred, the better sorts, the privileged, upper class, upper crust |
| Main Entry: | society |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | upper class of people |
| Synonyms: | aristocracy, beau monde, beautiful people, country set, elite, flower*, gentry, glitterati, haut monde, high society, jet set, main line, patriciate, polite society, quality, smart set, top drawer, upper crust, who's who |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gentry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nobility |
| Synonyms: | aristocracy, high society, upper class |
| Main Entry: | A list |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | upper class |
| Synonyms: | aristocracy, beau monde, beautiful people, cream of society, crème de la crème, cultured class, elite, haut monde, high life, high society, in group, jet set, privileged class, smart set, society, the Four Hundred, the privileged, upper crust, upper echelon |
| Main Entry: | beautiful people |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wealthy fashionable people |
| Synonyms: | aristocracy, beau monde, café society, cream of society, crème de la crème, cultured class, elite, famous people, glamorous people, glitterati, haut monde, high life, high society, in-crowd, jet set, privileged class, smart set, society, society people, the in-crowd, the privileged, the upper class, the well-to-do, upper crust, wealthy people |
| Main Entry: | cream of the crop |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | the best and brightest |
| Synonyms: | aristocracy, beau monde, beautiful people, best of the best, cream of society, cream of the cream, crème de la crème, haut monde, high society, pick of the litter, privileged class, smart set, the elite, the finest, the privileged, upper class, upper crust |
| Main Entry: | second estate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | class below nobility |
| Synonyms: | aristocracy, better sort, cream, elite, gentry, patriciate, privileged, ruling class, upper class, upper crust |
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