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upper crust
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of UPPER CRUST
1
individuals carefully selected as being the best of a class <the conference was a gathering of the upper crust of the computer programming industry>
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
Near Antonyms commoners, herd, hoi polloi, masses, millions, mob, multitude, rank and file, unwashed
2
the highest class in a society <a specialty clothing store for the upper crust>
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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