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Noun
S:
(n)
elite
,
elite group
(a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status)
direct hyponym
/
full hyponym
S:
(n)
chosen
,
elect
(an exclusive group of people)
"one of the elect who have power inside the government"
S:
(n)
cream
,
pick
(the best people or things in a group)
"the cream of England's young men were killed in the Great War"
S:
(n)
intelligentsia
,
clerisy
(an educated and intellectual elite)
S:
(n)
culturati
(people interested in culture and cultural activities)
S:
(n)
literati
(the literary intelligentsia)
S:
(n)
society
,
high society
,
beau monde
,
smart set
,
bon ton
(the fashionable elite)
S:
(n)
few
(a small elite group)
"it was designed for the discriminating few"
S:
(n)
nobility
,
aristocracy
(a privileged class holding hereditary titles)
S:
(n)
noblesse
(members of the nobility (especially of the French nobility))
S:
(n)
peerage
,
baronage
(the peers of a kingdom considered as a group)
S:
(n)
baronetage
(the collective body of baronets)
S:
(n)
knighthood
(aristocrats holding the rank of knight)
S:
(n)
samurai
(feudal Japanese military aristocracy)
S:
(n)
Ferdinand and Isabella
(joint monarchs of Spain; Ferdinand V and Isabella I)
S:
(n)
William and Mary
(joint monarchs of England; William III and Mary II)
member meronym
direct hypernym
/
inherited hypernym
/
sister term
derivationally related form
Adjective
S:
(adj)
elect
,
elite
(selected as the best)
"an elect circle of artists"; "elite colleges"