Uk English Meaning of gentry

gentry

Other Uk English words related to gentry

synonyms

• Aristocracy
• nobility
• elite
• gentility
• Gentlemen
• Ladies and gentlemen
• patriciate
• Society
• Upper class
• a-list
• Beautiful people
• café society
• four hundred
• glitterati
• high society
• High society
• jet set
• Plutocracy
• quality
• upper crust

antonyms

• crowd
• the masses
• the people
• public
• bourgeoisie
• commoners
• peasantry
• plebeians
• the hoi polloi
• proletarians
• Proletariat
• the people
• Middle class
• peonage
• rabble
• Rank and file
• Working class
• the herd
• mob
• dregs
• riffraff

Definitions and Meaning of gentry in English

Wordnet

gentry (n)

the most powerful members of a society

Webster

gentry (a.)

Birth; condition; rank by birth.

People of education and good breeding; in England, in a restricted sense, those between the nobility and the yeomanry.

Courtesy; civility; complaisance.

FAQs About the word gentry

What is the Uk English meaning of the word gentry

gentry

What is the English meaning of the word gentry

the most powerful members of a societyBirth; condition; rank by birth., People of education and good breeding; in England, in a restricted sense, those between

What are the synonyms of the word gentry

Aristocracy,nobility,elite,gentility,Gentlemen,Ladies and gentlemen,patriciate,Society,Upper class,a-list

What are the antonyms of the word gentry

crowd,the masses,the people,public,bourgeoisie,commoners,peasantry,plebeians,the hoi polloi,proletarians