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high class
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | first-class |
| Synonyms: | best, choice, classy, deluxe, elite, superior, supreme, upper-class, upper-crust |
| Main Entry: | cultured |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | well-bred, experienced |
| Synonyms: | able, accomplished, advanced, aesthetic, appreciative, au courant, blue-stocking, chivalrous, civilized, courteous, cultivated, distingue, educated, elegant, enlightened, erudite, gallant, genteel, high-class, highbrow, informed, intellectual, intelligent, knowledgeable, lettered, liberal, literary, literate, mannerly, polished, polite, refined, savant, scholarly, sensitive, sophisticated, tasteful, tolerant, traveled, understanding, up-to-date, urbane, versed, well-informed |
| Notes: | cultured refers to people and pearls; cultivated refers to mind, tastes, speech, or behavior |
| Antonyms: | ignorant, inexperienced, stupid, unsophisticated |
| Main Entry: | patrician |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | upper-class |
| Synonyms: | aristocratic, blue-blooded, gentle, grand, high-class, highborn, noble, royal, wellborn |
| Antonyms: | common, lower-class |
| Main Entry: | posh |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | luxurious, upper-class |
| Synonyms: | chic, classy, deluxe, elegant, exclusive, fashionable, grand, high-class, la-di-da, luxury, modish, opulent, rich, ritzy, smart, swank, swanky*, swish, trendy |
| Antonyms: | destitute, lower-class, poor |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rich |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | abundant, well-supplied |
| Synonyms: | abounding, ample, chic, classy, copious, costly, deluxe, elaborate, elegant, embellished, expensive, exquisite, extravagant, exuberant, fancy, fecund, fertile, fine, fruitful, full, gorgeous, grand, high-class, lavish, lush, luxurious, magnificent, ornate, palatial, plenteous, plentiful, plush, posh, precious, priceless, productive, prolific, resplendent, ritzy, smart, snazzy, spiffy, splendid, stylish, sumptuous, superb, swank, swanky*, swell*, valuable, well-endowed |
| Antonyms: | depleted, impoverished, needy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | spiffy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stylish |
| Synonyms: | a la mode, beautiful, chic, chichi*, classy, dandy, dapper, dashing, dressed to kill, fashionable, high-class, in fashion, in vogue, jazzy, mod, now*, ritzy, sharp, showy, sleek, slick*, smart, snappy, snazzy, stunning, swank, upscale, uptown, voguish |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | stylish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fashionable |
| Synonyms: | a la mode, beautiful, chic, chichi*, classy, dap, dapper, dashing, dressed to kill, dressed to the teeth, dressy, fly*, groovy*, high-class, in, in fashion, in the mainstream, in vogue, jazzy, latest, mod, modernistic, new, nifty, now*, ostentatious, polished, pretentious, rakish, ritzy, sassy*, sharp, showy, sleek, slick*, smart, snappy, snazzy, swank, swell, tony, trendy, up-to-date, upscale, uptown, urbane, voguish |
| Antonyms: | old-fashioned, unfashionable, unstylish |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | superior |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | better, greater, higher; excellent |
| Synonyms: | a cut above, above, admirable, capital, choice, dandy, deluxe, distinguished, exceeding, exceptional, exclusive, expert, famous, fine, finer, first-class, first-rate, first-string, five-star, good, good quality, grander, high-caliber, high-class, major, more advanced, more skillful, noteworthy, of higher rank, over, overlying, paramount, predominant, preferable, preferred, premium, prevailing, primary, remarkable, senior, superhuman, superincumbent, surpassing, unrivalled |
| Antonyms: | bad, below, inferior, lower, minor, poor |
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