HyperDic: upper_class

English > 1 sense of the expression upper class:
NOUNgroupupper class, upper crustthe class occupying the highest position in the social hierarchy
English > upper class: 1 sense > noun 1, group
MeaningThe class occupying the highest position in the social hierarchy.
Synonymupper crust
Narrowerelite, elite groupA group or class of persons enjoying / enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status
gentry, aristocracyThe most powerful members of a society
ruling class, people in powerThe class of people exerting power or authority
Broaderclass, stratum, social class, socio-economic classPeople having the same social, economic, or educational status
Spanishclase alta
Catalanclasse alta

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