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elite

[ih-leet, ey-leet] / ɪˈlit, eɪˈlit /
ADJECTIVE
best, first-class
Synonyms
STRONGEST
exclusive silk-stocking
STRONG
choice cool crack elect noble pick super top
WEAK
aristocratic gilt-edged greatest select selected tiptop top-drawer top-notch topflight upper-class world-class
Antonyms
STRONG
bad inferior poor second-rate
WEAK
common low-class lower lower-class ordinary worst
NOUN
high-class persons
Synonyms
STRONGEST
aristocracy celebrity establishment society
STRONG
best choice cream crowd elect fat flower gentility gentry nobility pride prime prize quality top
WEAK
beautiful people blue blood carriage trade country-club set crème de la crème fast lane glitterati high society in-crowd jet-set main line old money optimacy select upper class upper crust
Antonyms
STRONGEST
proletariat
STRONG
worst
WEAK
commonality low-life lower class ordinary

Example Sentences

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But since 2022 it has been aligned with a single campaign in the elite European leagues, starting in August.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

“At some point, the only way to get the financial elite to start hearing our pleas is if we stop giving them money,” Granado-Gomez told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

Border Patrol agents from an elite unit rappelled from a hovering Black Hawk helicopter onto the roof of a 130-unit apartment complex.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

And besides that, with their hard-fought Final Four victories Friday over Texas and Connecticut, respectively, barometers for other programs that dream of ascending to such elite heights.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

Mangefur, Scumnose and Frogblood considered rats to be the elite of Cluny’s horde.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques