upper-class

upper–class

adj

Definition of UPPER-CLASS

: of, relating to, or characteristic of the upper class

First Known Use of UPPER-CLASS

1837

Related to UPPER-CLASS

Synonyms: aristocratic, blue-blooded, genteel, gentle, grand, great, highborn, highbred, patrician, silk-stocking, upper-class, upper-crust, wellborn

Antonyms: baseborn, common, humble, ignoble, low, lower-class, lowly, mean, nonaristocratic, plebeian, ungenteel

Related Words: high, lofty, superior; elevated, ennobled, exalted; gentlemanly, kingly, knightly, ladylike, lordly, princely, queenly, regal, royal; high-level, senior

Near Antonyms: inferior, knavish; bastard, illegitimate; ordinary, plain; abased, degraded; junior, subordinate

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