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Definitions

aristocratic

[uh-ris-tuh-krat-ik, ar-uh-stuh-] / əˌrɪs təˈkræt ɪk, ˌær ə stə- /
ADJECTIVE
privileged, elegant
Synonyms
STRONGEST
courtly dignified elegant haughty noble patrician silk-stocking stylish well-bred
WEAK
aloof blue-blooded elite fine polished refined snobbish upper-class well-born
Antonyms
STRONGEST
ignoble indecorous inelegant rough undignified unfashionable unrefined unsophisticated
WEAK
low-born low-life poor unprivileged vulgar wanting

Example Sentences

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The exhibition includes examples of his illustrations for the journal Oxford Left, as well as some amusing caricatures of his aristocratic classmates.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026

Rising to prominence with the aristocratic Hesketh Racing, Hunt's ability behind the wheel shone through his personal indulgences just enough for him to win his first and only title with McLaren.

From BBC • Dec. 8, 2025

Tempering democratic rhetoric with aristocratic restraint, he rises above the divisions of debate to deliver the funeral oration when Athens buries its dead sons in the war’s first winter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

Mr. Schlossberg’s campaign displays aristocratic pretensions that fit uneasily into this new politics.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025

“And she is of so aristocratic a disposition—”

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

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