English > elite: 2 senses > noun 1, groupMeaning | 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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