Antonyms for upper-class
Grammar : Adj, noun |
- bad
- bourgeois
- common
- crude
- destitute
- disadvantageous
- failing
- harsh
- hopeless
- ignoble
- impolite
- impotent
- impoverished
- inappreciable
- incapable
- indecorous
- ineffective
- inelegant
- inferior
- insignificant
- lacking
- little
- losing
- loud
- low
- low-born
- low-class
- low-life
- lower
- lower-class
- needy
- nonessential
- normal
- odorous
- ordinary
- poor
- powerless
- putrid
- rough
- rude
- second-rate
- sharp
- small
- strong
- trivial
- troubled
- uncivil
- undignified
- unfashionable
- unhappy
- unimportant
- unkind
- unknown
- unmannerly
- unprivileged
- unpromising
- unprosperous
- unrefined
- unsophisticated
- unsubstantial
- unsuccessful
- upset
- usual
- violent
- vulgar
- wanting
- weak
- wild
- worst
- worthless
Definition of upper-class
- As in aristocratic : adj privileged, elegant
- As in moneyed : adj rich
- As in prosperous : adj successful, thriving
- As in top-level : adj high-ranking, important
- As in blue-blooded : adj aristocratic
- As in highborn : adj noble
- As in upper crust : adj noble
- As in elite : adj best, first-class
- As in gentle : adj of noble birth
- As in high-class : adj first-class
- As in important : adj eminent, influential, outstanding
- As in upper class : noun cream of society
- The magter, the upper-class lords of Dis, are the direct opposite.
- Extract from : « Planet of the Damned » by Harry Harrison
- A kind of screen used in upper-class houses: see illustration.
- Extract from : « Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan » by Various
- And his wife and daughter are helpless, conventional, upper-class rabbits.
- Extract from : « The Art Of The Moving Picture » by Vachel Lindsay
- First, I chose for the opening act a simple blue and brown frock, such as an upper-class peasant might wear.
- Extract from : « Memoirs of an American Prima Donna » by Clara Louise Kellogg
- If you know any man you could have up, you can come—it will be a good chance to meet some of the upper-class girls.
- Extract from : « Smith College Stories » by Josephine Dodge Daskam
- Jacobs mentions an interesting fact in this connection about his upper-class English Jews.
- Extract from : « Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, December 1898 » by Various
- We belonged to the same frat, y'know, and had a jolly time of it, if he was an upper-class man.
- Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
- Grange is just the name for it, as it's an upper-class sort of homestead for a gentleman farmer.
- Extract from : « Rachel Ray » by Anthony Trollope
- An upper-class party may be expected to attend to the interests of the upper class.
- Extract from : « Britain for the British » by Robert Blatchford
- The archangels and the upper-class patriarchs wear a finer thing than that.
- Extract from : « Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven » by Mark Twain
Synonyms for upper-class
- affluent
- aloof
- aristocracy
- aristocratic
- beau monde
- beautiful people
- best
- better sort
- big-time
- blooming
- blue-blooded
- bluestocking
- booming
- Brahmin
- choice
- classy
- comfortable
- cool
- courteous
- courtly
- crack
- cream
- crème de la crème
- cultured
- cultured class
- deluxe
- dignified
- distinctive
- distinguished
- doing well
- easy
- effective
- elect
- elegant
- elite
- esteemed
- exclusive
- extraordinary
- famous
- fat-cat
- fine
- first-class
- flourishing
- flush
- foremost
- fortunate
- four-star
- front-page
- genteel
- gentle
- gentry
- gilt-edged
- grand
- greatest
- halcyon
- haughty
- haut monde
- heavy
- high life
- high profile
- high society
- high-level
- high-profile
- high-ranking
- high-up
- highborn
- highbred
- honored
- illustrious
- imperial
- imposing
- in clover
- in the money
- incomparable
- jet set
- kingly
- leading
- leisure-class
- loaded
- lousy rich
- lucky
- main-line
- majestic
- major-league
- money to burn
- moneyed
- noble
- notable
- noted
- noteworthy
- of note
- on top of heap
- opulent
- out of sight
- out of this world
- page-one
- palmy
- patrician
- pedigreed
- pick
- polished
- polite
- potent
- powerful
- preeminent
- privileged
- privileged class
- prominent
- prospering
- prosperous
- purebred
- queenly
- refined
- remarkable
- rich
- roaring
- robust
- second estate
- selected
- seminal
- signal
- sitting pretty
- smart set
- snobbish
- snug
- society
- solid
- stylish
- substantial
- super
- superior
- supreme
- talented
- the better sorts
- the Four Hundred
- the privileged
- thoroughbred
- tip-top
- titled
- top
- top drawer
- top-drawer
- top-notch
- topflight
- upper crust
- upper-class
- upper-crust
- upscale
- uptown
- VIP
- wealthy
- well
- well-born
- well-bred
- well-heeled
- well-known
- well-off
- well-to-do
- wellborn
- world-class
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