middle-class (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *middle-class*:
ADJECTIVE	all	middle-class	occupying a socioeconomic position intermediate between those of the lower classes and the wealthy

middle-class > pronunciation
Sounds	mih'dahlklae's
Rhymes	alas ... underpass: 48 rhymes with aes...

English > *middle-class*: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaning	Occupying a socioeconomic position intermediate between those of the lower classes and the wealthy.
Attribute of	status, position	The relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society
Narrower	bourgeois	belonging to the middle class
	bourgeois, conservative, materialistic	conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class
	lower-middle-class	Occupying the lower part of the middle socioeconomic range in a society
	upper-middle-class	Occupying the upper part of the middle socioeconomic range in a society
Opposite	lower-class, low-class	Occupying the lowest socioeconomic position in a society
Opposite	upper-class	Occupying the highest socioeconomic position in a society
Catalan	de classe mitjana

HyperDic: middle-class