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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cream of society |
| Synonyms: | aristocracy, beau monde, beautiful people, better sort, cream, crème de la crème, cultured class, elite, gentry, haut monde, high life, high society, jet set, privileged, privileged class, second estate, smart set, society, the Four Hundred, the better sorts, the privileged, upper crust |
| Main Entry: | aristocracy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | privileged class, government |
| Synonyms: | elite, gentility, gentry, haut monde, high society, nobility, noblesse, patricians, patriciate, peerage, society, upper class, upper crust |
| Antonyms: | commoners, plebites, proletariat |
| Main Entry: | elite |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | high-class persons |
| Synonyms: | aristocracy, beautiful people, best, blue blood, carriage trade, celebrity, choice, country club set, cream, crowd, crème de la crème, elect, establishment, fast lane, fat*, flower, gentility, gentry, glitterati, high society, in-crowd, jet-set, main line, nobility, old money, optimacy, pride, prime, prize, quality, select, society, top, upper class, upper crust |
| Antonyms: | commonality, low-life, lower class, ordinary |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gentility |
| 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: | rich |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wealthy people or institutions |
| Synonyms: | bountiful, haves, landed, monied, nouveau riche, old money, upper class, upper crust, well-to-do |
| Antonyms: | poor |
| Main Entry: | gentry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nobility |
| Synonyms: | aristocracy, high society, upper class |
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