Elite and Posh

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Elite adjective - Selected as the best.

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Posh and elite are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Posh" instead an adjective "Elite".

Nearby Words: elitist, elitism

Posh adjective - Elegant and fashionable.

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Elite and posh are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Elite" instead an adjective "Posh".

Today opera is mostly associated with the elite and many people think its either too posh or too ridiculous to enjoy.

Source: Seinfeld Is Unfunny / Music
The Proud Elite represented by Emily and Richard Gilmore and posh Chilton and Yale students are snarky a lot as well.

Source: World of Snark
When Peter goes to an ultra-posh auction house surrounded of the wealthiest elite, he says "It would look really good in Lois's crapper... I mean, krah-pee-AY." This pronunciation is immediately corroborated.

Source: It Is Pronounced Tro-PAY

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