upper crust | Definition of upper crust

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 of upper crust

A-list, aristocracy, best, choice, corps d'elite, cream, crème de la crème, elect, elite, fat, flower, illuminati, pick, pink, pride, priesthood, prime, royalty

Words Related to upper crust

establishment, gentry, nobility, quality, society, top, top drawer, upper class

caviar (also caviare)

Phrases Synonymous with upper crust

cream of the crop, Hall of Fame

Near Antonyms of upper crust

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 of upper crust

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

Words Related to upper crust

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 upper crust

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 upper crust

proletarians, proletariat