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Synonyms and antonyms of People from an upper social class in American Thesaurus

People from an upper social class

aristocracy (noun)

the people in the highest class of society, who usually have money, land, and power and who often have special titles, such as “duke” or “countess

the nobility (noun)

people in the highest social class who usually have titles, for example dukes, duchesses, or earls

gentility (noun)

the people who belong to a high social class, thought of as a group

polite society (noun)

often humorous used for talking about people of a high social class, usually suggesting that they pretend that things they consider to be unpleasant do not exist

gentry (noun)

an old word for people from a high social class

Brahman (noun)

a Hindu who belongs to the highest caste (=social class), in which men were traditionally priests

gentleman (noun)

an old word for a man from a family in a high social class

gentlewoman (noun)

an old word for a woman who was well educated or from a high social class

bhadralok (noun)

Indian English a wealthy and well-educated class of people, usually Bengalis, in Indian society

bhadralok (noun)

Indian English a member of the bhadralok class

Brahmin (noun)

another spelling of Brahman

deb (noun)

informal a debutante

debutante (noun)

a young woman who appears for the first time at a ball and officially becomes part of fashionable society

dowager (noun)

a woman who has a title or property because her dead husband belonged to a high social class

gentlefolk (noun)

an old word for people who come from families in a high social class

grandee (noun)

a man of very high social class in Spain or Portugal in the past

lady (noun)

a woman from an upper social class in the U.K., especially in the past

scion (noun)

literary a young member of a rich or important family

society (noun)

the group of people in a country who are rich and fashionable or are from a high social class

the upper crust (noun)

informal people who belong to the highest social class