Upper class
Upper class noun - The highest class in a society.
Usage example: a school founded to educate the children of the upper class
Working class is an antonym for upper class.
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
Upper class is an antonym for working class.
Both terms in one sentence
- Most of his characters are either unsatisfied upper class people or industrious working class people apsiring to be in the upper class.
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Upper class boys bullying working class boys, and even middle class boys with a different attitude?
Source: Literature / Beatles - Working Class People Are Morons: The way Fred is treated by the upper class boy seems to imply they mean this.
Source: Literature / Beatles
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Working class and Upper class. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/upper_class/working_class
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Working class or Upper class. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/upper_class/working_class.
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