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ruling class

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  • noun the class of people exerting power or authority

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synonyms (120)

Words with the same meaning

  1. aedileship
  2. archbishopric
  3. archiepiscopacy
  4. archiepiscopate
  5. aristocracy
  6. barons
  7. bishopric
  8. bureaucracy
  9. chairmanship
  10. chancellery
  11. chancellorate
  12. chancellorship
  13. chiefery
  14. chiefry
  15. chieftaincy
  16. chieftainry
  17. chieftainship
  18. consulate
  19. consulship
  20. cream
  21. deanery
  22. dictatorship
  23. dictature
  24. directorate
  25. directorship
  26. elite
  27. emirate
  28. episcopacy
  29. establishment
  30. governorship
  31. headship
  32. hegemony
  33. hierarchy
  34. higher echelons
  35. higher-ups
  36. leadership
  37. lords of creation
  38. lordship
  39. magistracy
  40. magistrateship
  41. magistrature
  42. management
  43. masterdom
  44. mastership
  45. mastery
  46. mayoralty
  47. mayorship
  48. metropolitanate
  49. metropolitanship
  50. ministry
  51. nobility
  52. officialdom
  53. overlapping
  54. papacy
  55. pashadom
  56. pashalic
  57. patriarchate
  58. patriarchy
  59. pontificality
  60. pontificate
  61. popedom
  62. popehood
  63. popeship
  64. power elite
  65. power structure
  66. prefectship
  67. prefecture
  68. prelacy
  69. premiership
  70. presidency
  71. presidentship
  72. prime-ministership
  73. prime-ministry
  74. princedom
  75. princeship
  76. principality
  77. proconsulate
  78. proconsulship
  79. protectorate
  80. protectorship
  81. provostry
  82. provostship
  83. rectorate
  84. rectorship
  85. regency
  86. regentship
  87. ruling circles
  88. ruling classes
  89. seigniory
  90. seneschalship
  91. seneschalsy
  92. sheikhdom
  93. sheriffalty
  94. sheriffcy
  95. sheriffdom
  96. shrievalty
  97. supervisorship
  98. suzerainship
  99. suzerainty
  100. the Establishment
  101. the administration
  102. the authorities
  103. the best
  104. the best people
  105. the brass
  106. the ingroup
  107. the interests
  108. the people upstairs
  109. the power elite
  110. the power structure
  111. the top
  112. them
  113. they
  114. top brass
  115. top people
  116. tribunate
  117. upper class
  118. upper crust
  119. vizierate
  120. viziership

hypernyms (2)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. upper class
  2. upper crust

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