upper class

UK/ˌʌpəˈklɑːs/US/ˌʌpɚˈklæs/

noun

A class of people at the top of a social hierarchy.

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the qualityupper crust
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Meanings

nounupper class (plural upper classes)

plural upper classes

  1. A class of people at the top of a social hierarchy.

    Synonyms: the quality, upper crust

  2. The aristocracy.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA class of people at the top of a social hierarchy.

Similar
the qualityupper crust

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe class occupying the highest position in the social hierarchy

Similar
upper crust
Broader
classstratumsocial class
Also see
gentlefolkhigh societynobilityupper crust

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic الطَّبَقَة الْعُلْيَا
  • الطَّبَقَة الْعُلْيَا (aṭ-ṭabaqa al-ʕulyā)those people at the top of a social hierarchy
Bulgarian ви́сша кла́са
  • ви́сша кла́са (vísša klása)those people at the top of a social hierarchy
Catalan classe alta, classe alta
  • classe altathose people at the top of a social hierarchy
  • classe altaaristocracy
Chinese Mandarin 上層階級 /上层阶级
  • 上層階級 /上层阶级 (shàngcéng jiējí)those people at the top of a social hierarchy
Danish overklasse
  • overklassethose people at the top of a social hierarchy
Dutch bovenklasse, aristocratie
  • bovenklassethose people at the top of a social hierarchy
  • aristocratiearistocracy
Estonian kõrgklass
  • kõrgklassthose people at the top of a social hierarchy
Finnish yläluokka, yläluokka
  • yläluokkathose people at the top of a social hierarchy
  • yläluokkaaristocracy
French classe supérieure, aristocratie
  • classe supérieurethose people at the top of a social hierarchy
  • aristocratiearistocracy
German Oberschicht, Adelsschicht
  • Oberschichtthose people at the top of a social hierarchy
  • Adelsschichtaristocracy
Hindi उच्च वर्ग
  • उच्च वर्ग (ucc varg)those people at the top of a social hierarchy
Hungarian felső osztály
  • felső osztálythose people at the top of a social hierarchy
Italian classe superiore
  • classe superiorethose people at the top of a social hierarchy
Japanese 上流階級
  • 上流階級 (jōryū kaikyū)those people at the top of a social hierarchy
Korean 상류층, 상층 계급
  • 상류층 (sangnyucheung)those people at the top of a social hierarchy
  • 상층 계급 (sangcheung gyegeup)those people at the top of a social hierarchy
Norwegian Bokmål overklasse
  • overklassethose people at the top of a social hierarchy
Polish klasa wyższa, arystokracja
  • klasa wyższathose people at the top of a social hierarchy
  • arystokracjaaristocracy
  • szlachtaaristocracy
Portuguese classe alta
  • classe altathose people at the top of a social hierarchy
Romanian clasa superioară, aristocrație
  • clasa superioarăthose people at the top of a social hierarchy
  • aristocrațiethose people at the top of a social hierarchy
  • aristocrațiearistocracy
Russian вы́сший класс, вы́сший класс
  • вы́сший класс (výsšij klass)those people at the top of a social hierarchy
  • вы́сший класс (výsšij klass)aristocracy
  • аристокра́тия (aristokrátija)aristocracy
Spanish clase alta
  • clase altathose people at the top of a social hierarchy
Swedish överklass, överklass
  • överklassthose people at the top of a social hierarchy
  • överklassaristocracy
Thai ชนชั้นสูง
  • ชนชั้นสูงthose people at the top of a social hierarchy
Turkish üst tabaka, üst sınıf
  • üst tabakathose people at the top of a social hierarchy
  • üst sınıfthose people at the top of a social hierarchy
Ukrainian ви́щий клас
  • ви́щий клас (výščyj klas)those people at the top of a social hierarchy
Cite this entry
APA

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Chicago

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