elite group

Definitions of elite group
  1. noun
    a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status
    synonyms: elite
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    chosen, elect
    an exclusive group of people
    cream, pick
    the best people or things in a group
    clerisy, intelligentsia
    an educated and intellectual elite
    beau monde, bon ton, high society, smart set, society
    the fashionable elite
    few
    a small elite group
    aristocracy, nobility
    a privileged class holding hereditary titles
    culturati
    people interested in culture and cultural activities
    literati
    well-educated people who are interested in books
    noblesse
    members of the nobility (especially of the French nobility)
    baronage, peerage
    the peers of a kingdom considered as a group
    baronetage
    the collective body of baronets
    knighthood
    aristocrats holding the rank of knight
    samurai
    feudal Japanese military aristocracy
    type of:
    upper class, upper crust
    the class occupying the highest position in the social hierarchy
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