Synonyms for bourgeois
bʊərˈʒwɑ, ˈbʊər ʒwɑbour·geois

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1. bourgeoisnoun

   Anyone deemed to be an exploiter of the proletariat, a capitalist.

   Synonyms:
   square

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1. businessperson, bourgeoisnoun

   a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise

   Synonyms:
   burgher, businessperson

   Antonyms:
   upper-class, lower-class, socialist, low-class, socialistic

2. bourgeois, burgheradjective

   a member of the middle class

   Synonyms:
   burgess, burgher, businessperson

   Antonyms:
   low-class, lower-class, upper-class, socialist, socialistic

3. bourgeoisadjective

   (according to Marxist thought) being of the property-owning class and exploitive of the working class

   Synonyms:
   materialistic, conservative

   Antonyms:
   low-class, upper-class, socialist, lower-class, socialistic

4. bourgeois, conservative, materialisticadjective

   conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class

   "a bourgeois mentality"

   Synonyms:
   mercenary, conservative, buttoned-down, worldly-minded, materialistic, cautious, button-down

   Antonyms:
   low-class, lower-class, upper-class, socialist, socialistic

5. bourgeoisadjective

   belonging to the middle class

   Synonyms:
   materialistic, conservative

   Antonyms:
   upper-class, socialist, socialistic, low-class, lower-class

Matched Categories

1. • Capitalist

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1. List of paraphrases for "bourgeois":

   bourgeoisie, middle-class

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How to use bourgeois in a sentence?

1. Saint Just:

   In the bourgeois neighborhoods, that's where it's a problem. They go crazy over these (EU) issues. That's what's stopping them from voting for us, but in the working class areas they don't really care.

2. Karl Lagerfeld:

   Women need to be ready to defend themselves ... in a world that is not that sweet, it's not the bourgeois cocktail hat, the ladylike hat, this is another kind of hat, I wouldn't say aggressive, but more protective.

3. Karl Marx:

   In bourgeois society capital is independent and has individuality, while the living person is dependent and has no individuality.

4. Rita Sorrenti:

   We had room for all social classes : elegant bourgeois ladies, young apprentices, old men, masons and even tramps queued outside, they wanted a curative pedicure, our specialty.

5. Bill Beham:

   Bourgeois is a bourgeois word.