power elite

NOUN

authority

Synonyms

STRONGEST

expert judge law

STRONG

Bible CEO arbiter aristocrat boss brains brass buff connoisseur czar egghead establishment exec executive feds governor guru kingfish kingpin pro professional professor pundit scholar specialist textbook upstairs veteran virtuoso whiz wizard

WEAK

big cheese big shot big wig city hall front office ivory dome top brass top dog top hand

Antonyms

STRONG

amateur greenhorn ignoramus proletariat rookie student

NOUN

power structure

Synonyms

STRONGEST

hierarchy ruling class

WEAK

class structure corridors of power establishment interests managerial hierarchy powers that be status system stratification

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As for lifetime achievement honors, Robert Smigel presented Stephen Colbert with the Walter Bernstein Award for critiquing the power elite on his late-night show, which will air its final episode in May.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2026

The new surveys obtained by The Oregonian/OregonLive appear to support claims previously made by plaintiffs in the case that Nike’s problems were connected to the company’s power elite.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 9, 2024

Partly because we admire rebels and freethinkers, those who give a Bronx cheer to the stuffy power elite in any field.

From Washington Post • Apr. 21, 2023

The most serious crimes are those that are normalized by the power elite, regardless of who initiated them.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2023

A final observation is that the power elite, those who determine the SWF, might enjoy unemployment of a section of the population for some strange other reason.

From Definition & Reality in the General Theory of Political Economy by Colignatus, Thomas

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