What are the opposite words for underclass?

Antonyms for the word "underclass" refer to social groups that have higher socio-economic status, are more affluent, and enjoy privileged positions in society. These antonyms include terms such as upper class, aristocracy, high society, and elite. The opposite of the underclass is a class of people that have access to better education, healthcare, and employment opportunities. Such groups also have greater political and social influence and are regarded as the "haves" in society. Unlike the underclass, people belonging to the upper class have a considerable amount of power, wealth, and status that provides them with an advantage in the society they belong to.

What are the antonyms for Underclass?

• adj.

  • noun
  • privileged
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Famous quotes with Underclass

• Since my retirement, I've spent a lot of time trying to help the School of Social Work at the University of North Carolina. A society like this just can't afford an uneducated underclass of citizens.

  Charles Kuralt
• We have a large underclass in Britain, and a fairly low standard of education. Our best universities are extremely good, but a very significant proportion of the British population that comes out of compulsory schooling with very low standards of education.

  Nigel Short
• We have accepted today the existence in perpetuity of a permanent underclass of scores of millions who cannot cope and must be carried by society — fed, clothed, housed, tutored, medicated at taxpayer’s expense their entire lives. We have a dependent nation the size of Spain in our independent America. We have a new division in our country, those who pay a double or triple fare, and those who ride forever free.

  Pat Buchanan

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