one-percenters
Top wealth bracket
One-percenters are those belonging to the wealthiest one percent of a population, controlling a disproportionate share of wealth and wielding outsized economic and political influence: Tax policy increasingly favors the one-percenters.
The term gained currency during the Occupy Wall Street movement as shorthand for extreme inequality.
Separately, in biker culture, one-percenters are outlaw motorcycle gang members—from the claim that 99% of motorcyclists are law-abiding.
People with vast fortunes
- multimillionairesExtremely wealthy people
- tycoonsPowerful business leaders
- magnatesWealthy, powerful industrialists
- plutocratsRulers through financial power
fortunes · assets · capital · inheritance · investments · portfolio · dividends · yachts
Rule by hereditary elite
- eliteSuperior select group
- upper-classSocially and economically privileged
- socialitesPeople famous for attending events
- jet-setWealthy international travelers
establishment · bluebloods · nobility · patricians · oligarchs · Davos · gentry · rentier
Of the highest standard
- exclusiveLimited to one group
- members-onlyRestricted to enrolled participants
- heirsThose who inherit
- heiressesWomen who inherit fortunes
insulated · sheltered · nepotism · upper-crust · rarefied
Power to affect others
- lobbyingAdvocating to decision-makers
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- executivesSenior corporate officers
- oligarchyRule by few
control · dominance · access · connections · gatekeeping · think-tanks · cronyism · kleptocracy
Unequal distribution of resources
- disparityMeasurable difference between things
- hoardingExcessive accumulation of goods
- exploitationSelfish use of others
- greedExcessive desire for wealth
excess · ostentatious · tone-deaf · entitlement · pitchforks · robber-barons
billionaires
People with vast fortunes
- multimillionairesExtremely wealthy people
- tycoonsPowerful business leaders
- magnatesWealthy, powerful industrialists
plutocrats · fortunes · assets · capital · inheritance · investments · portfolio · dividends · yachts · mansions
aristocracy
Rule by hereditary elite
- eliteSuperior select group
- upper-classSocially and economically privileged
- socialitesPeople famous for attending events
jet-set · establishment · bluebloods · nobility · patricians · oligarchs · Davos · gentry · rentier · bourgeoisie
first-class
Of the highest standard
- exclusiveLimited to one group
- members-onlyRestricted to enrolled participants
- heirsThose who inherit
heiresses · insulated · sheltered · nepotism · upper-crust · rarefied
influence
Power to affect others
- lobbyingAdvocating to decision-makers
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- executivesSenior corporate officers
oligarchy · control · dominance · access · connections · gatekeeping · think-tanks · cronyism · kleptocracy · plutocracy
inequality
Unequal distribution of resources
- disparityMeasurable difference between things
- hoardingExcessive accumulation of goods
- exploitationSelfish use of others
greed · excess · ostentatious · tone-deaf · entitlement · pitchforks · robber-barons
one-percentersthe poor
working class · the masses · have-nots · working poor · lower class
one-percentersMain Street
Town's central thoroughfare
rank and file · common folk · plebeians · commoners · Joe Sixpack
percent, percents, percentage, percentages, percentile, percentiles, ones, once, oneness