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

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026

They are the ship's main line of defence.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2024

Currently, the underground railway’s main line winds from northeastern China to southwestern Yunnan province and into Southeast Asia.

From Washington Times • Nov. 22, 2023

The company, which operates services between Scotland and London on the east coast main line, said parts of its network have been impacted by flooding.

From BBC • Oct. 21, 2023

As we trundled back down the main line, I was thinking about all that I had seen.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam