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Definition of
Upper-class
Upper-class
up·per-class
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Definition/Meaning
(adjective)
relating to or characteristic of the wealthiest and most-powerful social/economic class in a society;
e.g. Many TV shows depict the lives of people in upper-class British society.
Similar Words
Aristocracy
Aristocratic
Elite
Genteel
Gentility
Gentle
Gentlefolk
Gentry
Grand
Great
Highborn
Highbred
Nobility
Noble
Patrician
Patriciate
Quality
Silk
Silk-stocking
Upper
Upper crust
Wellborn
Opposite Words
Bastard
Bourgeois
Bourgeoisie
Commoner
Degraded
Down-market
Ignoble
Illegitimate
Inferior
Junior
Knavish
Mean
Middle-class
Peonage
Plain
Plebeian
Plebs
Proletarian
Rabble
Riffraff
Scum
Subordinate
Trash
Ungenteel
Vulgar
Working-class
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Elevated
Exalted
Glitterati
High
High-level
Kingly
Ladylike
Lofty
Lordly
Plutocracy
Princely
Queenly
Regal
Royal
Senior
Society
Superior
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