Gentry
Gentry noun - The highest class in a society.
Usage example: poor tenant farmers working for landed gentry
Working class is an antonym for gentry.
Nearby Word: gent
Working class
Working class noun - A social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages.
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Synonyms for Working class
Gentry is an antonym for working class.
Both terms in one sentence
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Although gentry by birth, he strongly identified with the working class, as this hymn shows.
Source: Badass Preacher - And that's before you take into account "rotten boroughs" and gerrymandered districts that basically cheated those few working class people who could vote out of any meaningful say and gave the power to the landed gentry.
Source: Newer Than They Think
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Working class and Gentry. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/gentry/working_class
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