lower class
Society's bottom rung
Lower class refers to the socioeconomic stratum with the least wealth, education, and social standing in a society.
The term describes people in low-paying jobs or chronic unemployment, often struggling to meet basic needs.
As an adjective, lower-class describes things associated with this group: lower-class neighborhoods, lower-class origins.
The term can carry condescension, implying inferior taste or refinement.
Payment for labor
- proletariatLaborers lacking capital ownership
- unionJoining into one
- manualWritten instructions for use
- tradeExchange of commodities
unskilled · hourly · minimum wage · gig · precarious · overtime · paycheck · blue-collar
Extremely lacking in money
- destitutionExtreme poverty, lacking necessities
- slumsImpoverished, crowded districts
- homelessnessLacking permanent residence
- welfareComfort and prosperity
subsistence · hand-to-mouth · indigence · squalor · hardship · struggle · tenement · shanty
Measurable difference between things
- stratificationDivision into distinct levels
- marginalizedPushed to society's edges
- oppressionUnjust exercise of power
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
exclusion · socioeconomic · disenfranchised · stigma · systemic · redlining · segregation · prejudice
wage
Payment for labor
- proletariatLaborers lacking capital ownership
- unionJoining into one
- manualWritten instructions for use
trade · unskilled · hourly · minimum wage · gig · precarious · overtime · paycheck · blue-collar · physical
impoverished
Extremely lacking in money
- destitutionExtreme poverty, lacking necessities
- slumsImpoverished, crowded districts
- homelessnessLacking permanent residence
welfare · subsistence · hand-to-mouth · indigence · squalor · hardship · struggle · tenement · shanty · projects
disparity
Measurable difference between things
- stratificationDivision into distinct levels
- marginalizedPushed to society's edges
- oppressionUnjust exercise of power
discrimination · exclusion · socioeconomic · disenfranchised · stigma · systemic · redlining · segregation · prejudice · exploitation
laborer
Physical task performer
- factoryIndustrial production facility
- janitorBuilding cleaner and maintainer
- custodianGuardian of a place
driver · assembly · maintenance · domestic · cleaner · farmhand · dishwasher · sweatshop · maid · porter
- classessuperclass, caste, tier
- social classstratum, bourgeoisie, proletariat, elite, ranks
- social classesnobles, aristocrats, peasants, elite, elites
- social rankstatus, rank, nobility, peerage, caste
- British Classaristocrats, gentry, peerage, commoners, nobility
- social hierarchycaste system, caste, ranks, pecking order, hierarchy
lower classupper class
Wealthiest societal stratum
upper crust · elite · aristocracy · ruling class · wealthy
lower classupper class
Wealthiest societal stratum
privileged · elite · high-born · well-to-do · affluent
lower, class, lowest, classes, classed, lowers, lowercase, lower-class, classless