patriciate | Definition of patriciate

Synonyms and Antonyms of patriciate

the highest class in a society

the patriciate regarded patronage of the arts as a moral and social duty

Synonyms of patriciate

aristocracy, elite, gentility, gentlefolk (also gentlefolks), gentry, nobility, quality, upper class, upper crust

Words Related to patriciate

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 of patriciate

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 of patriciate

proletarians, proletariat