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 

• UPPER CRUST (noun)

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)