Synonyms of the word

aristocracy

• n. The nobility, or the hereditary ruling class.
• n. Government by such a class, or a state with such a government.
• n. A class of people considered (not normally universally) superior to others.

elite

• adj. Of high birth or social position; aristocratic or patrician.
• adj. Representing the choicest or most select of a group.
• n. A special group or social class of people which have a superior intellectual, social or economic status…
• n. Someone who is among the best at a certain task.

gentry

• n. Birth; condition; rank by birth.
• n. Courtesy; civility; complaisance.
• n. People of education and good breeding.
• n. (Britain) In a restricted sense, those people between the nobility and the yeomanry.

nobility

• n. A noble or privileged social class, historically accompanied by a hereditary title; aristocracy.
• n. (uncountable) The quality of being noble.