Elite

//ɪˈliːt//

Synonyms for "elite" (157 found)

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Closest matches (32)

Noun(1 words)
attentive public

Strong matches (47)

Adjective(1 words)
elect
Noun(2 words)
elite groupnabobery

Related words (78)

Noun(1 words)
overclass

Related word relations

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More general

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Synonyms

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Related terms

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coordinate

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derived

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has a

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is a

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similar

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Translations

104 translations across 50 languages.

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Albanian

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  • elitë noun (group with higher status)

Arabic

1 entries
  • نُخْبَة noun (group with higher status)

Armenian

2 entries
  • էլիտա noun (group with higher status)
  • վերնախավ noun (group with higher status)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • elitar adj (of high birth or social position)
  • elita noun (group with higher status)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • элі́тны adj (of high birth or social position)
  • элі́та noun (group with higher status)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • ели́та noun (group with higher status)

Catalan

1 entries
  • elit noun (group with higher status)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 精英 adj (of high birth or social position)
  • 精英 noun (group with higher status)
  • 精英 noun (person who is among the best at certain task)

Czech

2 entries
  • elitní adj (of high birth or social position)
  • elita noun (group with higher status)

Danish

1 entries
  • elite noun (group with higher status)

Dutch

4 entries
  • elitair adj (of high birth or social position)
  • elitaire adj (of high birth or social position)
  • elite noun (group with higher status)
  • top noun (person who is among the best at certain task)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • elita adj (of high birth or social position)
  • elito noun (group with higher status)

Estonian

2 entries
  • eliit adj (of high birth or social position)
  • eliit noun (group with higher status)

Finnish

4 entries
  • eliitti adj (of high birth or social position)
  • eliitti noun (group with higher status)
  • huippu noun (person who is among the best at certain task)
  • parhaimmisto noun (group with higher status)

French

4 entries
  • d'élite adj (of high birth or social position)
  • élitaire adj (of high birth or social position)
  • élite adj (of high birth or social position)
  • élite noun (group with higher status)

Galician

2 entries
  • elite adj (of high birth or social position)
  • elite noun (group with higher status)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ელიტა noun (group with higher status)

German

4 entries
  • Auslese adj (of high birth or social position)
  • Elite adj (of high birth or social position)
  • Eliten adj (of high birth or social position)
  • elitär adj (of high birth or social position)

Greek

3 entries
  • ελίτ adj (of high birth or social position)
  • αφρόκρεμα noun (group with higher status)
  • ελίτ noun (group with higher status)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • אליטה noun (group with higher status)
  • עילית noun (group with higher status)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • elit noun (group with higher status)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • elite noun (group with higher status)

Italian

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  • élite noun (group with higher status)

Japanese

3 entries
  • エリート noun (group with higher status)
  • 精鋭 noun (group with higher status)
  • 選り抜き noun (group with higher status)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • элита noun (group with higher status)

Khmer

2 entries
  • វរជន noun (group with higher status)
  • អ្នកខ្ពស់ noun (person who is among the best at certain task)

Korean

1 entries
  • 엘리트 noun (group with higher status)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • элита noun (group with higher status)

Latvian

1 entries
  • elite noun (group with higher status)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • elitas noun (group with higher status)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • ели́та noun (group with higher status)

Malagasy

1 entries
  • sangany noun (group with higher status)

Malay

1 entries
  • elit noun (group with higher status)

Māori

1 entries
  • hunga pakipaki adj (of high birth or social position)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • elite noun (group with higher status)

Persian

2 entries
  • الیت noun (group with higher status)
  • نخبه noun (group with higher status)

Polish

4 entries
  • elitarny adj (of high birth or social position)
  • elita noun (group with higher status)
  • najlepsza noun (person who is among the best at certain task)
  • najlepszy noun (person who is among the best at certain task)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • de elite adj (of high birth or social position)
  • elite noun (group with higher status)
  • elite noun (person who is among the best at certain task)
  • escol noun (group with higher status)

Romanian

1 entries
  • elită noun (group with higher status)

Russian

2 entries
  • эли́тный adj (of high birth or social position)
  • эли́та noun (group with higher status)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • elìta noun (group with higher status)
  • елѝта noun (group with higher status)

Slovak

1 entries
  • elita noun (group with higher status)

Slovene

1 entries
  • elita noun (group with higher status)

Spanish

3 entries
  • élite adj (of high birth or social position)
  • elite noun (group with higher status)
  • élite noun (group with higher status)

Swedish

1 entries
  • elit noun (group with higher status)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • kapilian noun (group with higher status)

Thai

4 entries
  • ชั้นนำ adj (of high birth or social position)
  • ชนชั้นนำ noun (group with higher status)
  • ชั้นนำ noun (person who is among the best at certain task)
  • ชั้นยอด noun (person who is among the best at certain task)

Turkish

1 entries
  • seçkinler noun (group with higher status)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • елі́тний adj (of high birth or social position)
  • елі́та noun (group with higher status)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • elita noun (group with higher status)

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

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You are now among the elite.

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On the whole, the elite are not sensitive to criticism.

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Though he is no longer president, he still holds considerable sway among the political elite.

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I don't want to belong to the elite at all. It's already enough for me to be the best.

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