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UPPER CRUST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does upper crust mean?
• UPPER CRUST (noun)
The noun UPPER CRUST has 1 sense:
1. the class occupying the highest position in the social hierarchy
Familiarity information: UPPER CRUST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The class occupying the highest position in the social hierarchy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
upper class; upper crust
Hypernyms ("upper crust" is a kind of...):
class; social class; socio-economic class; stratum (people having the same social, economic, or educational status)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "upper crust"):
elite; elite group (a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status)
aristocracy; gentry (the most powerful members of a society)
people in power; ruling class (the class of people exerting power or authority)
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