Definitions

main line

NOUN

elite

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 old money optimacy select upper class upper crust

Antonyms

STRONGEST

proletariat

STRONG

worst

WEAK

commonality low-life lower class ordinary

NOUN

patriciate

Synonyms

WEAK

aristocracy beau monde beautiful people blue blood country-club set crème de la crème elite flower gentility gentry glitterati haut monde high society jet set nobility polite society quality smart set top drawer upper class upper crust who's who

NOUN

society

Synonyms

STRONGEST

elite

STRONG

aristocracy flower gentry quality

WEAK

beau monde beautiful people country-club set glitterati haut monde high society jet set patriciate polite society smart set top drawer upper crust who's who

NOUN

upper crust

Synonyms

STRONGEST

aristocracy blue blood jet set upper class

WEAK

beau monde beautiful people country-club set crème de la crème elite flower gentility gentry glitterati haut monde high society nobility patriciate polite society quality smart set top drawer who's who

ADJECTIVE

prosperous

Synonyms

STRONGEST

affluent booming comfortable flourishing fortunate rich robust wealthy well-heeled well-off well-to-do

WEAK

blooming doing well easy halcyon in clover in the money lousy rich lucky main-line money to burn moneyed on top of heap opulent palmy prospering roaring sitting pretty snug substantial upper-class uptown well

Antonyms

STRONGEST

destitute failing impoverished lacking needy poor unhappy upset wanting weak

WEAK

disadvantageous hopeless losing unpromising unprosperous unsuccessful

Example Sentences

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It has only once been shut for longer since it opened in 1886 - that was when electric wires were installed 10 years ago as part of the £2.8bn south Wales main line electrification project.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

Pike followed the main line — called the trunk line — which had hoses branching off in other directions.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026

The depletion of mangrove forests along the shoreline - the coast’s main line of defence against erosion - is to blame.

From BBC • Aug. 13, 2024

A message The Associated Press left on the city’s Law Department main line seeking comment Monday wasn’t immediately returned.

From Seattle Times • May 27, 2024

Railroad workers had laid a temporary track between the main line and the street so that the wagon could pull up next to the president's rail car.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow

main line

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