Lower-class Synonyms and Antonyms

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Synonyms for Lower-class

lowlife
A vulgar, coarse, or undignified person
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commonalty
A corporation or its membership
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hoi polloi
The common people; the masses. (Used with or without the definite article.)
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other-half
(Idiomatic) A spouse.
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plebeians
Plural form of plebeian
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plebs
Plural form of pleb
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proletariat
(Rare) The class of lowest status in any society
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rank-and-file
The enlisted troops, excluding noncommissioned officers, in an army.
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working-class
The socioeconomic class consisting of people who work for wages, especially low wages, including unskilled and semiskilled laborers and their families.
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working people
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low-class
(Informal) Vulgar, coarse, or undignified
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underclass
The socioeconomic class with incomes below subsistence level, including esp. the underprivileged
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lower orders
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masses
(Plural only, generically) People, especially a large number of people
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Antonyms for Lower-class

upper class
Those people at the top of a social hierarchy
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middle-class
Characteristic of the middle class(es); reflective of that class's values and aspirations. Commonly associated with a desire for social respectability and an emphasis on family values and education.
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Words Related to Lower-class

lower-middle-class
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lower-classes
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Lower-class Sentence Examples

  • She'd never wondered if the lower class was different.

  • She had no idea that such an elaborate system existed for the lower class.

  • They generally form what may be called the back streets, and they are bordered by warehouses, cellars and the lower class of dwelling-houses.

  • It was now intended to re-establish the government on the basis of the old republican institutions, but it was found that sixty years of Medici rule had reduced them to mere shadows, and the condition of the government, largely controlled by a balia of 20 accoppiatori and frequently disturbed by the summoning of the parlamento, was utterly chaotic. Consequently men talked of nothing save of changing the constitution, but unfortunately there was no longer an upper class accustomed to public affairs, while the lower class was thoroughly demoralized.

  • The only language of the lower class is pidgin-English - quite incomprehensible to the newcomer from Great Britain, - but a large proportion of the inhabitants are highly educated men who excel as lawyers, clergymen, clerks and traders.

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