Elite

Quick meaning: Elite is an adjective meaning Of high birth or social position; aristocratic or patrician.

Meaning

Of high birth or social position; aristocratic or patrician.

More Meanings

1. Representing the choicest or most select of a group.
2. An individual member of such a group.
3. Someone who is among the best at a certain task.
4. (typography) A typeface with 12 characters per inch.
5. A special group or social class of people who have a superior social or economic status and attendant power, advantages, or privileges in society; a member of such a group.

Example Sentences

constituting an elite

the hubris of the elites

Is there a nobler or more disinterested aim than to educate the cadres, the elites of tomorrow?

Not since Coventry in 1992 has a Premier League side kicked off a campaign with an all-English XI but things have reached the point where, of the 61 signings who have cost the elite division's 20 clubs a transfer fee this summer, only 12 have involved Englishmen.

Word Forms

• eliter
• elitest
• elites

Synonyms for elite

Depending on context, synonyms include selected, elect.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include elect, selected, gentry, upper-class, nobility, aristocracy.

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