high class

Refined and exclusive

High class describes superior quality, elevated social standing, or refined taste.

A high-class restaurant offers excellent food and service.

High-class people belong to wealthy or aristocratic circles.

The term can be sincere or ironic: She thinks she's too high class for this neighborhood.

Often hyphenated when preceding a noun: a high-class establishment.

Related

luxury · etiquette · gentry · sophistication · prosperity · upper crust · trust fund · silver spoon · patrician · nobility · privilege · refinement · exclusivity · riches · private jet · decorum · haute couture · black tie

Categories
Opposites
social status/prestige

high classlower class

Lowest socioeconomic stratum

working class · common · underclass · plebeian · proletarian

quality/refinement

high classcheap

Low in price

trashy · tacky · crude · vulgar · shabby

exclusivity/accessibility

high classmass-market

For widespread commercial sale

common · everyday · mainstream · run-of-the-mill · garden-variety

Family

high, class, classic, classified, classify, classes, classed, upper class, classification

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G