English > elite: 2 senses > noun 1, group| Meaning | A group or class of persons enjoying / enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status. |
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| Synonym | elite group |
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| Members | technocrat | An expert who is a member of a highly skilled elite group |
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| Narrower | chosen, elect | An exclusive group of people |
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| cream, pick | The best people or things in a group |
| few | A small elite group |
| intelligentsia, clerisy | An educated and intellectual elite |
| nobility, aristocracy | A privileged class holding hereditary titles |
| society, high society, beau monde, smart set, bon ton | The fashionable elite |
| Broader | upper class, upper crust | The class occupying the highest position in the social hierarchy |
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| Spanish | elite, élite |
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| Catalan | élite, elit, èlit |
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| Adjectives | elite | selected as the best |
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