old money

NOUN

elite

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 optimacy select upper class upper crust

Antonyms

STRONGEST

proletariat

STRONG

worst

WEAK

commonality low-life lower class ordinary

NOUN

rich

Synonyms

STRONGEST

upper class

STRONG

haves

WEAK

bountiful landed monied nouveau riche upper crust well-to-do

Antonyms

WEAK

poor

Example Sentences

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Kanayo O Kanayo described his outfit as "ripping in godfatherism, old money and tailored mafia".

From BBC • May 10, 2026

Private equity’s old money is not happy about the new.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

And yet, today there are only 700 billionaires in the U.S., and basically none of them derived their wealth from old money.

From Barron's • Oct. 10, 2025

These are the bluebloods, the old money of the investment world, steady as a metronome and just as thrilling.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 9, 2025

The Larsens, on the other hand, inherited old money.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins

old money

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