Elite 601 Words You Need to Know

Elite 601 Words You Need to Know

/ɪˈliːt/ (adj & noun)

Definition

a minority of people in a society with more wealth, better education and talents, and higher social standards, cream, best, upper class, pick, people with a silver spoon in their mouth, crème de la crème, high society, chosen, elect

Example

In political and sociological theory, the elite are a small group of powerful people who hold a disproportionate amount of wealth, privilege, political power, or skill in a society. Defined by the Cambridge Dictionary, the “elite” are “those people or organizations that are considered the best or most powerful compared to others of a similar type.”

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/

Antonyms

mediocre, plebeian, run-of-the-mill

Parts of speech

Noun: elitism

Noun: elitist

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