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elite
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of ELITE
1
individuals carefully selected as being the best of a class <the winners of this science award represent the elite of our high schools>
Synonyms A-list, aristocracy, best, choice, corps d'elite, cream, crème de la crème, elect, fat, flower, illuminati, pick, pink, pride, priesthood, prime, royalty, upper crust
Related Words establishment, gentry, nobility, quality, society, top, top drawer, upper class; caviar (also caviare); who's who
Phrases cream of the crop, Hall of Fame
Near Antonyms commoners, herd, hoi polloi, masses, millions, mob, multitude, rank and file, unwashed
2
the highest class in a society <the country's elite owned or controlled most of the wealth>
Synonyms elite, gentility, gentlefolk (also gentlefolks), gentry, nobility, patriciate, quality, upper class, upper crust
Related Words A-list, beau monde, beautiful people, café society, Four Hundred (or 400), glitterati, haut monde (also haute monde), jet set, society; carriage trade, plutocracy
Near Antonyms commoners, (the) crowd, (the) masses, peasantry, peonage, (the) people, plebeians, plebs, (the) populace, (the) public, rank and file; bourgeoisie, middle class, working class; dregs, (the) herd, (the) mob, rabble, rabblement, riffraff, scum, trash
Antonyms proletarians, proletariat
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