Elite and Masses

Opposite meaning words

Elite noun - Individuals carefully selected as being the best of a class.

Usage example: the winners of this science award represent the elite of our high schools

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Masses is an antonym for elite.

Nearby Words: elitist, elitism

Masses noun - The common people generally.

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Elite is an antonym for masses.

It also teaches that the successful elite will be attacked by the untalented masses out of jealousy.

Source: Family-Unfriendly Aesop
Give yourself as many units of elite cavalry as you possibly can and the enemy only masses of peasants.

Source: Catharsis Factor
That being said, elite soldiers as well as a properly managed character and companions can quickly invert this trope, pounding down masses of deathly accurate fire.

Source: Video Game / Mount & Blade

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