Synonyms of elites

elites

noun

plural of elite

as in aristocracies

individuals carefully selected as being the best of a class

the winners of this science award represent the elite of our high schools

Synonyms & Similar Words

• aristocracies
• best
• societies
• elect
• A-lists
• priesthoods
• illuminati
• tops
• royalties
• nobilities
• choices
• Halls of Fame
• qualities
• creams
• pinks
• prides
• flowers
• primes
• establishments
• upper crusts
• fat
• upper classes
• crème de la crème
• picks
• corps d'elite
• gentries
• caviars
• top drawers
• who's whos

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• masses
• commoners
• millions
• mobs
• herds
• multitudes
• unwasheds
• rank and files
• hoi polloi

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of elites

Cruz portrayed the Republican party as a group of blue-collar workers and populists, blasting Democrats as coastal elites who are out of touch with the average American. —Sarah Bahari, Dallas Morning News, 28 Mar. 2026

Our present tax policies written by Congress benefit wealthy elites and powerful corporations instead of the people who actually do the work to make our nation great. —Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026

But that draft was poorly designed, allowing too many elites to escape service, while working-class Americans paid the price. —Zach Iscol, New York Daily News, 23 Mar. 2026

Conversely, every era of catastrophic government failure—the late Roman Republic, the Thirty Years’ War, the collapse of Weimar Germany—witnessed a period in which elites decided that process was a mere suggestion and that their own judgment was sufficient cause to ignore it. —Anthony Scaramucci, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2026

Camus’s conspiracy that a cabal of powerful elites is plotting a great replacement to ensure the exploitation and domination of low- and middle-income White people is nothing short of a grand distraction. —Literary Hub, 18 Mar. 2026

For decades, One Fifth Avenue has been home to a long list of A-listers and New York elites. —India Roby, Architectural Digest, 17 Mar. 2026

Outside of his activism, Penn's body of work as an actor now sits among other Hollywood elites. —Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Mar. 2026

When expectation and reality part ways for a cohort that’s been raised on the assumption of upward mobility—when elites start to sink, and reform is blocked—the political waters get very rough, often leading to social disintegration and unrest. —George Packer, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2026