toff
Silver-spoon type
A toff is a wealthy, upper-class person, especially one who seems snobbish or out of touch with ordinary people.
The word is British and mildly derisive: a champagne-swilling toff, The toffs in Parliament don't understand working families.
It suggests privilege, fancy dress, and an air of superiority.
Fashion-obsessed gentleman
- fopVain male clotheshorse
- foppishVainly preoccupied with dress
- dapperNeatly and stylishly dressed
- well-groomedNeat and tidy
immaculate · tailored · waistcoat · cravat · monocle · spats · bespoke · debonair
Disdainfully proud
- superciliousArrogantly contemptuous of others
- condescendingSuperior and dismissive manner
- patronizingTreating someone as inferior
- disdainfulShowing open contempt
aloof · pretentious · pompous · snooty · stuck-up · hoity-toity · high-and-mighty · uppish
Person of noble birth
- peerageSystem of noble ranks
- nobilityTitled ruling class
- gentryHighborn but not noble
- patricianHighborn Roman elite
lord · lady · baronet · hereditary · duke · earl · viscount · baron
Elite English boarding school
- OxfordHistoric English university town
- CambridgeUniversity city, two countries
- OxbridgeCombined name, two universities
- public-schoolGovernment-funded educational institution
Henley · Ascot · polo · hunting · shooting · finishing-school · debutante · socialite
Having abundant financial resources
- moneyedHaving substantial wealth
- well-heeledHaving considerable money
- richHaving much of something
- privilegedHaving special advantages
inheritance · opulent · leisured · comfortable · prosperous · propertied
dandy
Fashion-obsessed gentleman
well-groomed · immaculate · tailored · waistcoat · cravat · monocle · spats · bespoke · debonair · spruce
haughty
Disdainfully proud
- superciliousArrogantly contemptuous of others
- condescendingSuperior and dismissive manner
- patronizingTreating someone as inferior
disdainful · aloof · pretentious · pompous · snooty · stuck-up · hoity-toity · high-and-mighty · uppish · superior
blueblood
Person of noble birth
patrician · lord · lady · baronet · hereditary · duke · earl · viscount · baron · countess
Eton
Elite English boarding school
- OxfordHistoric English university town
- CambridgeUniversity city, two countries
- OxbridgeCombined name, two universities
public-school · Henley · Ascot · polo · hunting · shooting · finishing-school · debutante · socialite · season
affluent
Having abundant financial resources
- moneyedHaving substantial wealth
- well-heeledHaving considerable money
- richHaving much of something
privileged · inheritance · opulent · leisured · comfortable · prosperous · propertied
- British slangblag, bloke, bodge, blagger, bobby
- social ranksking, queen, emperor, empress, noble
- upper classaristocrat, nobles, baron, baroness, baronet
- wealthy elitebillionaire, multimillionaire, millionaire, ultra-rich, affluent
- British Classupper class, middle class, lower class, working class, aristocrats
toffslob
Habitually untidy person
sloven · scruff · ragamuffin · tramp · down-at-heel
- toffee appleFruit dipped in hardened caramel
- English toffeeHard buttery candy
- sticky toffee puddingDate cake with caramel sauce
- toffee sauceSweet buttery dessert topping
- butter toffeeHard candy with cream
- sticky toffeeChewy caramelized sugar sweet