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| Main Entry: | |
| 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: | jet set |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | high society |
| Synonyms: | beau monde, beautiful people, café society, country-club set, cream of society, crème de la crème, elite, fashionable society, gentlefolk, glitterati, haut monde, high life, high society, in-crowd, leisured class, moneyed class, polite society, privileged class, salon, smart set, the privileged, the well-to-do, upper class, upper crust, wealthy people |
| Main Entry: | nobility |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | aristocracy; eminence |
| Synonyms: | dignity, elevation, elite, ennoblement, exaltation, excellence, generosity, gentry, glorification, grandeur, greatness, high society, honor, illustriousness, incorruptibility, integrity, loftiness, magnanimity, magnificence, majesty, nobleness, patricians, peerage, royalty, ruling class, society, stateliness, sublimity, superiority, upper class, uprightness, virtue, worthiness |
| Main Entry: | oligarchic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | governed by small group |
| Synonyms: | cabalistic, cliquey, elite, exclusive, select |
| Main Entry: | pick |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a chosen option, usually the choicest |
| Synonyms: | aces, bag, best, choice, choosing, cream*, crème de la crème, cup of tea, decision, druthers, elect, elite, flower*, preference, pride, prime, prize, select, selection, top, tops |
| Antonyms: | rejection |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pride |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | treasure; best |
| Synonyms: | boast, choice, cream, elite, fat, flower*, gem*, glory, jewel*, pick, pride and joy, prime, prize, top* |
| Antonyms: | disgrace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | prime |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | best part of existence |
| Synonyms: | best, best days, bloom, choice, cream*, elite, fat*, flower*, flowering, height, heyday, maturity, peak, perfection, pink*, prize, spring, springtime, top, verdure, vitality, zenith |
| Antonyms: | downfall |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | prize |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | best |
| Synonyms: | award-winning, champion, choice, cream*, elite, fat*, first-class*, first-rate, outstanding, pick, prime, top, topnotch, winning |
| Antonyms: | worst |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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