Synonyms for Caste
kæst, kɑstcaste

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1. caste

   A class is a number or body of persons or objects having common pursuits, purposes, attributes, or characteristics. A caste is hereditary; a class may be independent of lineage or descent; membership in a caste is supposed to be for life; membership in a class may be very transient; a religious and ceremonial sacredness attaches to the caste, as not to the class. The rich and the poor form separate classes; yet individuals are constantly passing from each to the other; the classes in a college remain the same, but their membership changes every year. We speak of rank among hereditary nobility or military officers; of various orders of the priesthood; by accommodation, we may refer in a general way to the higher ranks, the lower orders of any society. Grade implies some regular scale of valuation, and some inherent qualities for which a person or thing is placed higher or lower in the scale; as, the coarser and finer grades of wool; a man of an inferior grade. A coterie is a small company of persons of similar tastes, who meet frequently in an informal way, rather for social enjoyment than for any serious purpose. Clique has always an unfavorable meaning. A clique is always fractional, implying some greater gathering of which it is a part; the association breaks up into cliques. Persons unite in a coterie through simple liking for one another; they withdraw into a clique largely through aversion to outsiders. A set, while exclusive, is more extensive than a clique, and chiefly of persons who are united by common social station, etc. Circle is similar in meaning to set, but of wider application; we speak of scientific and religious as well as of social circles.

   Synonyms:
   association, circle, clan, class, clique, club, company, coterie, grade, order, rank, set

   Preposition:
   A class of merchants; the senior class at (sometimes of) Harvard; the classes in college.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.9 / 7 votes

1. caste

   Synonyms:
   order, class, rank, lineage, race, blood, dignity, respect

   Antonyms:
   degradation, taboo, disrepute, abasement, reproach

Princeton's WordNet

1. castenoun

   social status or position conferred by a system based on class

   "lose caste by doing work beneath one's station"

2. castenoun

   (Hinduism) a hereditary social class among Hindus; stratified according to ritual purity

3. castenoun

   a social class separated from others by distinctions of hereditary rank or profession or wealth

4. castenoun

   in some social insects (such as ants) a physically distinct individual or group of individuals specialized to perform certain functions in the colony

Matched Categories

1. • Hinduism
   • Animal Group
   • Class
   • Entomology
   • Status

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1. castenoun

   Synonyms:
   class, order, race

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1. List of paraphrases for "caste":

   casta, castes, caste-based, sc, scs

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How to use Caste in a sentence?

1. Dmitry Oreshkin:

   They are forming a fairly closed ruling caste with support from the 'siloviks'.

2. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar:

   Nothing can emancipate the outcaste except the destruction of the caste system.

3. Mickey Mehta:

   Today we live in a society of stupids. We swear by satellite navigation, but doubt the learned & the wise astrologers. We blindly trust the weather forecast, but doubt the vaastu science, when asked to turn our lives sailing mast. We constantly talk about liberation and still believe in creed and caste. Let our perspectives get maximized, wake up to deeper realities and get Mickeymized.

4. Sonja Thomas:

   We need to take the second step, which is then implement policies for people to recognize when it's happening so that there's recourse for people who might be affected by caste discrimination.

5. Prem Pariyar:

   I thought at that time that now I don't have to experience caste discrimination because the US is different. In the Prem Pariyar, the South Asian diaspora, including the Nepali diaspora, are educated... so they don't believe in caste discrimination, but I was wrong. Totally wrong.