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Upper crust
(usually with the) The social elite, the highest social class.
📖 Definitions of "Upper crust"
noun
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(usually with the) The social elite, the highest social class.
adjective
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Posh, upper-class; pertaining to the upper crust.
"An upper-crust London party."
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Upper crust"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| upper classnoun | Those people at the top of a social hierarchy. |
| upper-crusternoun | (informal) A member of the social elite, the highest social class. |
| uppercrusternoun | A member of the upper crust; a social elite. |
| polite societynoun | That portion of society that is especially concerned with etiquette, proper behavior, and politeness. |
| uppertendomnoun | The very highest social class; the upper ten. |
| who's whonoun | (countable, sometimes capitalized) A publication containing biographies of well-known or important people. |
| poshocracynoun | A social elite. |
| overclassnoun | A powerful, privileged social class. |
| uppernoun | That which is higher, contrasted with the lower. |
| upper ten thousandnoun | (dated, colloquial) The ten thousand people, more or less, who are highest in position or wealth; the upper class; the aristocracy. |
| elitenoun | A special group or social class of people who have a superior social or economic status and attendant power, advantages, or privileges in society; a member of such a group. |
| massesnoun | (generically) People, especially a large number of people; the general population. |
| aristocracynoun | The nobility, or the hereditary ruling class. |
| élitenoun | Alternative spelling of elite. [A special group or social class of people who have a superior social or economic status and attendant power, advantages, or privileges in society; a member of such a group.] |
| crème de la crèmenoun | (idiomatic, singular only) Best of the best; something superlative; the very best. |
| high societynoun | The socially interacting wealthy fashionable elite of a society, especially in Western societies. |
| uplevelsnoun | From, in, or to a higher level of an organization, society, or building. |
| hoi polloinoun | (collective) The common people; the masses. (Used with or without the definite article.) |
| nomenklaturanoun | (collective) The people on such lists; (by extension), any privileged class, a social or political elite. |
| arteratinoun | (informal, art) People who are considered the elite in the world of art. |
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