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gentry
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of GENTRY
1
the highest class in a society <poor tenant farmers working for landed gentry>
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
2
one of the segments of society into which people are grouped <the old-line yachting gentry frowns on vulgar displays of wealth>
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