upper crust

/ˌʌpər krəst/
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Other forms: upper crusts

Definitions of upper crust
  1. noun
    the class occupying the highest position in the social hierarchy
    synonyms: upper class
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    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
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