ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Lower-class

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Lower-class is an adjective meaning Not of the elite, of the peasantry or working-class.

Meaning

Not of the elite, of the peasantry or working-class.

More Meanings

  1. Unrefined.

Example Sentences

The lower-class people have little chance of advancement.
His lower-class tastes tended to run to three-stooges movies and cheap drink.

Synonyms for lower-class

Depending on context, synonyms include proletarian, low-class, blue-collar, propertyless, working-class.

Antonyms for lower-class

Common opposites include middle-class, upper-class.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include working-class, blue-collar, proletarian, low-class, propertyless, nonbourgeois.

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