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aristocratic

[uh-ris-tuh-krat-ik, ar-uh-stuh-] / əˌrɪs təˈkræt ɪk, ˌær ə stə- /
ADJECTIVE
privileged, elegant
Synonyms
STRONGEST
courtly dignified elegant haughty noble patrician silk-stocking stylish well-bred
WEAK
aloof blue-blooded elite fine polished refined snobbish upper-class well-born
Antonyms
STRONGEST
ignoble indecorous inelegant rough undignified unfashionable unrefined unsophisticated
WEAK
low-born low-life poor unprivileged vulgar wanting

Example Sentences

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The exhibition includes examples of his illustrations for the journal Oxford Left, as well as some amusing caricatures of his aristocratic classmates.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026

Born in 1942 to an aristocratic British family in Dorset, England, Douglas-Hamilton studied biology and zoology in Scotland and Oxford before moving to Tanzania to research elephant social behaviour.

From BBC • Dec. 9, 2025

Rising to prominence with the aristocratic Hesketh Racing, Hunt's ability behind the wheel shone through his personal indulgences just enough for him to win his first and only title with McLaren.

From BBC • Dec. 8, 2025

That’s what the fashion historian James Laver named the period during and immediately following the French Revolution, which made wearing aristocratic fripperies both dangerous and passé.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

“And she is of so aristocratic a disposition—”

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens