in crowd
The cool kids
The in crowd is the group of people who are fashionable, influential, or socially accepted—the insiders.
It implies exclusivity: if there's an in crowd, others are left out.
She desperately wanted to be part of the in crowd in high school.
The term often carries slight irony, suggesting the importance of such groups is overstated.
- popularWidely admired by many
- cool kidsSocially dominant youth group
- popular kidsSocially dominant students
- cliqueExclusive social group
- eliteSuperior select group
A list · jet set · who's who · old boys club · group · membership · trendsetters · gatekeepers · exclusive · velvet rope · belongingness · insider · social climber · conformity · fashionistas · marginalized groups · tribalism · movers
- social conformityconformist, peer pressure, herd mentality, groupthink, fit in
- eliteelite, elites, aristocrats, nobility, best
- Exclusivityexclusive, elite, VIP, members-only, private
- snobberysnob, snobbery, snooty, elitism, snoot
- trendsetterstrendsetter, trendsetters, influencer, fashionistas, style icons
conformity/individuality
in crowdnonconformists
Those defying established customs
individualists · free spirits · iconoclasts · rebels · loners