'elite' definitions:
Definition of 'elite'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Selected as the best; "an elect circle of artists"; "elite colleges" [syn: elect, elite]
noun
A group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status [syn: elite, elite group]
Synonyms of 'elite'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ancienne noblesse,
- aristocracy,
- baronage,
- baronetage,
- barons,
- beau monde,
- beautiful people,
- best,
- best people,
- bunch,
- cabal,
- cadre,
- cafe society,
- cafe-society,
- camarilla,
- carriage trade,
- cell,
- champion,
- charmed circle,
- chivalry,
- choice,
- chosen,
- chosen people,
- circle,
- clan,
- clique,
- closed circle,
- coterie,
- cream,
- cream of society,
- crew,
- crowd,
- drawing room,
- elect,
- elite group,
- establishment,
- fashionable society,
- fat,
- FFVs,
- flower,
- for the best,
- good society,
- greatest,
- group,
- handpicked,
- haut monde,
- high life,
- high society,
- high-society,
- hoi polloi,
- in society,
- in-crowd,
- ingroup,
- inner circle,
- jet set,
- jet-set,
- jeunesse doree,
- junta,
- junto,
- knightage,
- lace-curtain,
- lords of creation,
- matchless,
- mob,
- monde,
- nobility,
- noblesse,
- noblesse de robe,
- nonesuch,
- nonpareil,
- old nobility,
- optimal,
- optimum,
- outfit,
- overlapping,
- paragon,
- paramount,
- peerage,
- peerless,
- people of fashion,
- pick,
- picked,
- pink,
- polite society,
- power elite,
- power structure,
- pride,
- prime,
- prize,
- queen,
- quintessence,
- quintessential,
- right people,
- ring,
- royalty,
- ruling circles,
- ruling class,
- salon,
- select,
- set,
- silk-stocking,
- smart set,
- social register,
- socially prominent,
- societe,
- society,
- superlative,
- supreme,
- surpassing,
- the best,
- the best ever,
- the best people,
- the brass,
- the classes,
- the Four Hundred,
- the tops,
- the very best,
- top,
- top people,
- unmatchable,
- unmatched,
- unparalleled,
- unsurpassed,
- upper class,
- upper classes,
- upper crust,
- upper ten,
- upper ten thousand,
- uppercut,
- Vanity Fair,
- very best,
- we-group,
- world of fashion