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elites

NOUN

high-class persons

Synonyms

STRONGEST

aristocracy celebrity establishment society

STRONG

best choice cream crowd elect fat flower gentility gentry nobility pride prime prize quality top

WEAK

beautiful people blue blood carriage trade country club set crème de la crème fast lane glitterati high society in-crowd jet-set main line old money optimacy select upper class upper crust

Antonyms

STRONGEST

proletariat

STRONG

worst

WEAK

commonality low-life lower class ordinary

Example Sentences

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Economists and financial elites are speaking out at industry forums about the war’s devastating effects.

From Slate • May 9, 2026

At times, elites used hat etiquette in reverse.

From Science Daily • May 7, 2026

Dresser also criticized Anthropic’s strategy for being built on “fear, restriction, and the idea that a small group of elites should control AI.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026

Colonial-era urban elites in Calcutta, influenced by European tastes, often dismissed jatra as rustic or unsophisticated.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

Bureaucrats, party officials, army officers, and other well-placed government elites ended up stealing about thirty percent of the aid, according to estimates by outside scholars and international aid agencies.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden