Meanings
comparative more high-class · superlative most high-class
- Recognized for its quality.
We bought it at a high-class shop downtown, expensive but worth it.
2 more examples
She's nothing but a high-class prostitute, even if she is earning $2,000 a night.
Kelleher made it 11 penalties from 11 for Liverpool but Kepa blazed wildly over the top as a high-class showpiece was decided by the finest of margins after 21 successful attempts.
2022 February 27, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 0-0 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 09 Mar 2022
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivepretentiously elegant
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian първокласен
- първокласен (părvoklasen)recognized for quality
Chinese Mandarin 高級 /高级
- 高級 /高级 (gāojí)recognized for quality
Finnish korkealaatuinen, korkealuokkainen
- korkealaatuinenrecognized for quality
- korkealuokkainenrecognized for quality
- laadukasrecognized for quality
- tasokasrecognized for quality
- korkeatasoinenrecognized for quality
French haut de gamme
- haut de gammerecognized for quality
German gehoben
- gehobenrecognized for quality
Japanese 高級な
- 高級な (kōkyū-na)recognized for quality
Korean 고급
- 고급 (gogeup)recognized for quality
Russian ... высокого класса
- ... высокого класса (vysokovo)recognized for quality
Spanish de nivel alto, de clase alta
- de nivel altorecognized for quality
- de clase altarecognized for quality
Swedish lyxig
- lyxigrecognized for quality
Thai ชั้นสูง, ชั้นดี
- ชั้นสูงrecognized for quality
- ชั้นดีrecognized for quality
Cite this entry
high-class. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/high-class
“high-class.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/high-class. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “high-class,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/high-class.
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