elite

1. A group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status (synset 108403286)
   is a type of: upper class, upper crust - the class occupying the highest position in the social hierarchy
   subtypes:

   • chosen, elect - an exclusive group of people
   • cream, pick - the best people or things in a group
   • clerisy, intelligentsia - an educated and intellectual elite
   • beau monde, bon ton, high society, smart set, society - the fashionable elite
   • few - a small elite group
   • aristocracy, nobility - a privileged class holding hereditary titles
   member holonym: technocrat - an expert who is a member of a highly skilled elite group
   same as: elite group

1. Selected as the best (synset 302130960)
   "an elect circle of artists"; "elite colleges"
   similar to: selected - chosen in preference to another
   same as: elect

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