upper class

/ˌʌpər klæs/

/ˈʌpə klɒs/

Other forms: upper classes

Definitions of upper class

1. noun

   the class occupying the highest position in the social hierarchy
   synonyms: upper crust

   types:

   elite, elite group

   a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status

   aristocracy, gentry

   the most powerful members of a society

   people in power, ruling class

   the class of people exerting power or authority

   chosen, elect

   an exclusive group of people

   cream, pick

   the best people or things in a group

   clerisy, intelligentsia

   an educated and intellectual elite

   landed gentry, squirearchy

   the gentry who own land (considered as a class)

   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

   type of:

   class, social class, socio-economic class, stratum

   people having the same social, economic, or educational status