snobs
Look down constantly
A snob is someone who believes their tastes, social status, or intelligence make them superior to others and who looks down on those they consider beneath them.
The word often appears with modifiers specifying the domain of snobbery: a wine snob, a music snob, an intellectual snob.
Snobs tend to be dismissive of popular or mainstream things precisely because they are popular.
Don't be such a snob—it's actually a pretty good movie.
The adjective forms are snobbish and snobby.
Excessively high self-regard
- condescendingSuperior and dismissive manner
- superciliousArrogantly contemptuous of others
- disdainfulShowing open contempt
- contemptuousShowing open disrespect
patronizing · snooty · stuck-up · scornful · imperious · overbearing · lofty · high-handed
Rule by hereditary elite
- bluebloodPerson of noble birth
- patricianHighborn Roman elite
- upper-classSocially and economically privileged
- pedigreeRecord of descent
gentry · privileged · affluent · bourgeoisie · gentrified · noble · aristocratic · entitled
Expert in matters of taste
- aficionadoKnowledgeable, passionate follower
- puristOne demanding strict adherence
- discerningHaving keen judgment
- refinedPurified or cultured
sophisticated · tasteful · selective · particular · choosy · fastidious · meticulous · exacting
Artificially contrived behavior
- airsPretentious behavioral displays
- ostentatiousShowily excessive
- pompousAffectedly grand in manner
- grandiosePretentiously impressive in scale
highfalutin · showy · self-important · vainglorious · smug · boastful · swaggering · name-dropping
arrogant
Excessively high self-regard
- condescendingSuperior and dismissive manner
- superciliousArrogantly contemptuous of others
- disdainfulShowing open contempt
contemptuous · patronizing · snooty · stuck-up · scornful · imperious · overbearing · lofty · high-handed · nose-in-the-air
aristocracy
Rule by hereditary elite
- bluebloodPerson of noble birth
- patricianHighborn Roman elite
- upper-classSocially and economically privileged
pedigree · gentry · privileged · affluent · bourgeoisie · gentrified · noble · aristocratic · entitled · exclusive
connoisseur
Expert in matters of taste
- aficionadoKnowledgeable, passionate follower
- puristOne demanding strict adherence
- discerningHaving keen judgment
refined · sophisticated · tasteful · selective · particular · choosy · fastidious · meticulous · exacting · cultured
affected
Artificially contrived behavior
- airsPretentious behavioral displays
- ostentatiousShowily excessive
- pompousAffectedly grand in manner
grandiose · highfalutin · showy · self-important · vainglorious · smug · boastful · swaggering · name-dropping · posturing
- criticscritic, critics, criticizer, criticizers, faultfinder
- show-offsbraggarts, boasters, showboats, grandstanders, egotists
- bigotsbigot, bigots, racist, racists, sexist
- rudenessrude, discourtesy, impolite, rudeness, disrespect
- social classupper class, middle class, lower class, working class, social class
- cliquesclique, in-crowd, in-group, inner circle, cool kids
snobsegalitarians
Advocates for equal rights
salt of the earth · regular folks · everyman · plain folks · mensch
snobspopulists
Champions of ordinary citizens
men of the people · lowbrows · common folk · philistines · working-class heroes
- wine snobPretentious grape drink critic
- coffee snobPerson particular about brew
- beer snobPretentious suds judge
- food snobOne disdaining common fare
- music snobOne who condescends about taste
- art snobPretentious taste arbiter