Literati
Literati noun - Intellectuals considered as a social class.
Usage example: Boston's 19th-century literati often referred to their city as “the Athens of America”
Show all Definitions
Synonyms for Literati
Upper crust and literati are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Upper crust" instead a noun "Literati".
Upper crust
Upper crust noun - Individuals carefully selected as being the best of a class.
Literati and upper crust are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Literati" instead a noun phrase "Upper crust".
Cite this Source
Upper crust and Literati. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/literati/upper_crust
Literati & Upper crust. N.p., 2016. Web. 07 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/literati/upper_crust>.
Upper crust or Literati. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/literati/upper_crust.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "literati" and "upper crust" have occurred on timeline