LOWER-CLASS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does lower-class mean? 

• LOWER-CLASS (adjective)
  The adjective LOWER-CLASS has 1 sense:

1. occupying the lowest socioeconomic position in a society

  Familiarity information: LOWER-CLASS used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LOWER-CLASS (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Occupying the lowest socioeconomic position in a society

Synonyms:

low-class; lower-class

Similar:

non-U (not characteristic of the upper classes especially in language use)

proletarian (belonging to or characteristic of the proletariat)

blue-collar; propertyless; wage-earning; working-class (of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers)

upper-lower-class (occupying the upper part of the lower class)

Also:

lowborn (of humble birth or origins)

Attribute:

position; status (the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society)

Antonym:

middle-class (occupying a socioeconomic position intermediate between those of the lower classes and the wealthy)

upper-class (occupying the highest socioeconomic position in a society)