upper-class

upper-class
adjective
occupying the highest socioeconomic position in a society
• Ant: ↑lower-class, ↑middle-class
• Similar to: ↑quality, ↑propertied, ↑property-owning, ↑u, ↑tweedy, ↑wellborn
• Attrubites: ↑status, ↑position

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adj
aristocratic, noble, well-bred, well-born, high-born, high-class, patrician, blue-blooded, exclusive, élite
COLLOQ. swanky, top-drawer
≠ humble, working-class

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[adjective]
aristocratic, blue-blooded, highborn, high-class, noble, patrician

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▶ adjective ARISTOCRATIC, noble, of noble birth, patrician, titled, blue-blooded, high-born, well born, elite, landowning, landed, born with a silver spoon in one's mouth; Brit. county, upmarket; informal upper-crust, top-drawer, huntin', shootin', and fishin', classy; Brit. informal posh; archaic gentle, of gentle birth.

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\\| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ adjective
Etymology: upper class
1.
a. : of or relating to the upper class
b. : belonging to or having the characteristics of the upper class

frightfully upper-class and having all the glorious self-confidence that comes of having been born rich — Aldous Huxley

— compare : lower-class, middle-class
2. : of or relating to the junior or senior class in a college or a high school

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uppˈer-classˈ adjective
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Main Entry: ↑up

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upper-class adjective
Thesaurus: from an upper class familysynonym
Main entry: upper class

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upper-class adj

upper-class families/neighborhoods

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Main Entry: ↑upper class

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