lower-class

/loʊərˈklæs/

/ləʊəˈklɑs/

Definitions of lower-class

1. adjective

   occupying the lowest socioeconomic position in a society
   synonyms: low-class

   non-U

   not characteristic of the upper classes especially in language use

   proletarian

   belonging to or characteristic of the proletariat

   blue-collar, propertyless, wage-earning, working-class

   of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers

   upper-lower-class

   occupying the upper part of the lower class

   lowborn

   of humble birth or origins

   antonyms:

   middle-class

   occupying a socioeconomic position intermediate between those of the lower classes and the wealthy

   upper-class

   occupying the highest socioeconomic position in a society

   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

   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