Synonyms for upper-class
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1. upper class, upper crustadjective

   the class occupying the highest position in the social hierarchy

   Synonyms:
   upper crust, upper class

   Antonyms:
   upper-middle-class, middle-class, blue-collar, proletarian, working-class, wage-earning, conservative, lower-class, upper-lower-class, bourgeois, low-class, propertyless, non-U, materialistic, lower-middle-class

2. upper-classadjective

   occupying the highest socioeconomic position in a society

   Antonyms:
   materialistic, low-class, proletarian, working-class, middle-class, upper-lower-class, non-U, blue-collar, lower-class, upper-middle-class, wage-earning, bourgeois, lower-middle-class, conservative, propertyless

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1. List of paraphrases for "upper-class":

   upper

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1. Fawaz Gerges:

   It will be extremely difficult to glue Syria back together as one country, the social fabric, the thick ties that bind it together have been dismantled, assad rule is really an area that corresponds more or less with a core identity area, yes there are many Sunnis and Christians living there but they see themselves as part of this core – the middle-class, upper-class Sunnis and Christians.

2. Economist Brian Jackson:

   Many large malls (and residential construction) in China.... are all hoping to target one demographic -- the upper class, what is needed to succeed is retail space that caters to (the much larger) bulk of middle-class Chinese.

3. John Peet:

   Defining consultancy is a bit like defining the upper class every possible candidate draws the line just below himself.

4. Phil Hill:

   It’s not unusual for a middle class, upper class family with soccer kids to be spending $20, $30, $40,000 a year to keep them all playing at the high level, the median household income of most kids we work with is $26,000. I mean you can do the math. It just locks them out.

5. Michael Lind:

   The Southern upper class never really cared what color the serfs were.