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upper crust
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun upper crust has 1 sense
- upper crust(n = noun.group) upper class - the class occupying the highest position in the social hierarchy; Array is a kind of class, social class, socio-economic class, stratum
has particulars: elite, elite group, aristocracy, gentry, people in power, ruling class
THESAURUS
upper crust
FFVs, Vanity Fair, ancienne noblesse, aristocracy, baronage, baronetage, barons, beau monde, beautiful people, best people, blue blood, cafe society, carriage trade, chivalry, cream, cream of society, drawing room, elect, elite, establishment, fashionable society, flower, gentility, gentry, good society, haut monde, high life, high society, in-crowd, jet set, jeunesse doree, knightage, lords of creation, monde, nobility, noblesse, noblesse de robe, old nobility, overlapping, peerage, people of fashion, polite society, power elite, power structure, quality, right people, royalty, ruling circles, ruling class, salon, smart set, social register, societe, society, the Four Hundred, the best, the best people, the brass, the classes, top people, upper class, upper classes, upper ten, upper ten thousand, uppercut, world of fashion
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