Need another word that means the same as “aristocracy”? Find 11 synonyms and 30 related words for “aristocracy” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Aristocracy” are: gentry, nobility, the nobility, the peerage, the gentry, the upper class, the ruling class, the elite, high society, the establishment, the beau monde
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “aristocracy” as a noun can have the following definitions:
gentry | The most powerful members of a society. A member of the landed gentry. |
high society | A forward gear with a gear ratio that gives the greatest vehicle velocity for a given engine speed. |
nobility | The quality of belonging to the aristocracy. A member of the English nobility. |
the beau monde | A man who is the lover of a girl or young woman. |
the elite | A group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status. |
the establishment | An organization founded and united for a specific purpose. |
the gentry | The most powerful members of a society. |
the nobility | The state of being of noble birth. |
the peerage | The peers of a kingdom considered as a group. |
the ruling class | The reason for a court’s judgment (as opposed to the decision itself. |
the upper class | The higher of two berths. |
academic | Relating to education and scholarship. A very academic school aiming to get pupils into Oxford or Cambridge. |
aristocrat | A member of the aristocracy. A decadent old blue blooded aristocrat. |
aristocratic | Belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy. A stately aristocratic manner. |
baron | A member of the lowest order of the British nobility Baron is not used as a form of address barons usually being referred to as Lord. A press baron. |
bohemian | A socially unconventional person, especially one who is involved in the arts. As an opera singer you live a bohemian lifestyle. |
bourgeois | A bourgeois person. A self confessed and proud bourgeois. |
burgess | English writer of satirical novels (1917-1993. |
burgher | (in southern Africa) an Afrikaans citizen of a Boer Republic. The poem is not the sort of thing the sturdy burghers of Manchester would wish to read. |
columnist | A journalist who writes editorials. |
condescending | Characteristic of those who treat others with condescension. A condescending smile. |
consul | An official appointed by a state to live in a foreign city and protect the state’s citizens and interests there. The British consul in Israel. |
dignity | Formality in bearing and appearance. Showed his true dignity when under pressure. |
elite | A size of letter in typewriting, with 12 characters to the inch (about 4.7 to the centimetre). The elite of Britain s armed forces. |
elitism | The belief that a society or system should be led by an elite. I ve been accused of elitism and snobbery because of my views on grammar and spelling. |
elitist | Someone who believes in rule by an elite group. Critics portray him as an out of touch elitist. |
esquire | A young nobleman who, in training for knighthood, acted as an attendant to a knight. The lord of the manor, Richard Bethell Esquire. |
genteel | Marked by refinement in taste and manners. Her genteel upbringing. |
gentry | People of good social position, specifically the class of people next below the nobility in position and birth. A member of the landed gentry. |
intellectual | A person who uses the mind creatively. Intellectual workers engaged in creative literary or artistic or scientific labor. |
intelligentsia | Intellectuals or highly educated people as a group, especially when regarded as possessing culture and political influence. A distrust of the intelligentsia and of theoretical learning. |
king | Make someone king. A country where football is king. |
landed | Owning or consisting of land or real estate. The decline of landed estates. |
nobility | The quality of elevation of mind and exaltation of character or ideals or conduct. A man of nobility and learning. |
noble | Especially in former times a person of noble rank or birth. The greater a noble s military power the more land he could control. |
patrician | A member of a long-established wealthy family. Patrician landholders of the American South. |
peerage | The title and rank of peer or peeress. On his retirement as cabinet secretary he was given a peerage. |
plutocracy | An elite or ruling class whose power derives from their wealth. The attack on the Bank of England was a gesture against the very symbol of plutocracy. |
royal | A sail set next above the topgallant on a royal mast. Treated with royal acclaim. |
royalty | A sum paid to a patentee for the use of a patent or to an author or composer for each copy of a book sold or for each public performance of a work. It s not often you meet real Hollywood royalty let alone chat to Angelina Jolie and Dustin Hoffman in one day. |
ruling | The reason for a court’s judgment (as opposed to the decision itself. The ruling was reversed in the appeal court. |
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