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proletarian
adjective
Synonyms and Antonyms of PROLETARIAN
belonging to the class of people of low social or economic rank <a self-made Internet magnate who is not at all ashamed of his proletarian background>
Synonyms baseborn, common, humble, inferior, low, lowborn, lower-class, low-life, lowly, lumpen, mean, plebeian, prole, proletarian, unwashed, vulgar
Related Words bourgeois, middle-class; plain, poor, simple, working-class; déclassé, down-market, downscale
Antonyms aristocratic, blue-blooded, genteel, gentle, grand, great, high, highborn, highbred, lofty, noble, partrician, upper-class, upper-crust, wellborn
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