| NOUN | group | upper class, upper crust | the class occupying the highest position in the social hierarchy |
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| Meaning | The class occupying the highest position in the social hierarchy. | |
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| Synonym | upper crust | |
| Narrower | elite, elite group | A group or class of persons enjoying / enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status |
| gentry, aristocracy | The most powerful members of a society | |
| ruling class, people in power | The class of people exerting power or authority | |
| Broader | class, stratum, social class, socio-economic class | People having the same social, economic, or educational status |
| Spanish | clase alta | |
| Catalan | classe alta | |
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