Meanings
plural middle classes
- A social and economic class lying above the working class and below the upper class.
All this has led to an explosion of protest across China, including among a middle class that has discovered nimbyism.
2013 August 10, “Can China clean up fast enough?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848, archived from the original on 08 Aug 2013Synonyms: middling class, middling sort
- in pluralThe groups in society composed of professionals, semi-professionals, and lower to middle managerial level workers.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA social and economic class lying above the working class and below the upper class.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe social class between the lower and upper classes
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Afrikaans middelklas
- middelklassocial and economic class
Arabic طَبَقَة وُسْطَى
- طَبَقَة وُسْطَى (ṭabaqa wusṭā)social and economic class
Bulgarian сре́дна кла́са
- сре́дна кла́са (srédna klása)social and economic class
Chinese Mandarin 中產階級 /中产阶级
- 中產階級 /中产阶级 (zhōngchǎn jiējí)social and economic class
Czech střední třída
- střední třídasocial and economic class
Danish middelklasse
- middelklassesocial and economic class
Dutch middenklasse
- middenklassesocial and economic class
Finnish keskiluokka
- keskiluokkasocial and economic class
French classe moyenne
- classe moyennesocial and economic class
German Mittelschicht, Mittelklasse
- Mittelschichtsocial and economic class
- Mittelklassesocial and economic class
Greek αστική τάξη
- αστική τάξη (astikí táxi)social and economic class
Hindi मध्यवर्ग
- मध्यवर्ग (madhyavarg)social and economic class
Hungarian középosztály, polgárság
- középosztálysocial and economic class
- polgárságsocial and economic class
Irish meánaicme
- meánaicmesocial and economic class
Japanese 中産階級
- 中産階級 (chūsan kaikyū)social and economic class
Korean 중산층
- 중산층 (jungsancheung)social and economic class
Norwegian Bokmål middelklasse
- middelklassesocial and economic class
Persian طبقه متوسط
- طبقه متوسط (tabaqe-ye motavasset)social and economic class
Polish klasa średnia
- klasa średniasocial and economic class
Portuguese classe média
- classe médiasocial and economic class
Romanian clasă de mijloc, clasă mijlocie
- clasă de mijlocsocial and economic class
- clasă mijlociesocial and economic class
- clasă mediesocial and economic class
Russian сре́дний класс
- сре́дний класс (srédnij klass)social and economic class
Slovak stredná trieda
- stredná triedasocial and economic class
Spanish clase media
- clase mediasocial and economic class
Swahili tabaka la kati
- tabaka la katisocial and economic class
Swedish medelklass
- medelklasssocial and economic class
Tagalog panggitnang uri, panggitnang na klase
- panggitnang urisocial and economic class
- panggitnang na klasesocial and economic class
Thai ชนชั้นกลาง
- ชนชั้นกลางsocial and economic class
Turkish orta sınıf
- orta sınıfsocial and economic class
Ukrainian сере́дній клас
- сере́дній клас (serédnij klas)social and economic class
Welsh dosbarth canol
- dosbarth canolsocial and economic class
Cite this entry
middle class. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/middle%20class
“middle class.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/middle%20class. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “middle class,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/middle%20class.
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