the nobility

Definitions

The group of people belonging to the highest social class in a country, often possessing hereditary titles.

The quality of being noble in character, mind, or birth.

Examples

The nobility held vast estates and wielded significant political power during the medieval period.

Despite the changing times, the nobility continued to host lavish balls at their ancestral country homes.

Synonyms

the aristocracy the upper class the elite the gentry the peerage the blue bloods the highborn

Antonyms

the commoners the peasantry the working class the proletariat the masses the plebeians the rank and file