UPPER-CLASS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Occupying the highest socioeconomic position in a society

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

quality (of high social status)

propertied; property-owning (owning land or securities as a principal source of revenue)

u ((chiefly British) of or appropriate to the upper classes especially in language use)

tweedy ((of country gentry) informal, clannish and outdoorsy)

wellborn (of good or upper-class lineage)

Attribute:

position; status (the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society)

Antonym:

lower-class (occupying the lowest socioeconomic position in a society)

middle-class (occupying a socioeconomic position intermediate between those of the lower classes and the wealthy)