aristocratic | Definition of aristocratic

Synonyms and Antonyms of aristocratic

1 being or characteristic of a person who has an offensive air of superiority and tends to ignore or disdain anyone regarded as inferior

the restaurant's cuisine is truly superb, but the maître d's aristocratic demeanor is a bit much

Synonyms of aristocratic

elitist, high-hat, persnickety, potty, ritzy, snobbish, snobby, snooty, snotty, toffee-nosed [chiefly British]

Words Related to aristocratic

aloof, arrogant, bumptious, haughty, high-and-mighty, highfalutin (also hifalutin), high-handed, hoity-toity, huffish, huffy, imperious, lordly, overweening, peremptory, pompous, presumptuous, pretentious, supercilious, superior, toplofty (also toploftical), uppity

biggety (or biggity) [Southern & Midland], bigheaded, egoistic (also egoistical), egotistic (or egotistical), prideful, self-conceited, self-important, self-satisfied, smug, stuck-up, swelled-headed, swellheaded

Near Antonyms of aristocratic

democratic, egalitarian

egoless, humble, modest, unpretentious

2 of high birth, rank, or station

an impoverished dowager who never lets people forget about her aristocratic origins

Synonyms of aristocratic

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

Words Related to aristocratic

high, lofty, superior

elevated, ennobled, exalted

gentlemanly, kingly, knightly, ladylike, lordly, princely, queenly, regal, royal

high-level, senior

Near Antonyms of aristocratic

inferior, knavish

bastard, illegitimate

ordinary, plain

abased, degraded

junior, subordinate

Antonyms of aristocratic

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