a class of people above the middle class, having the highest social rank or standing based on wealth, family connections, and the like.

noun

aristocracy , beau monde , beautiful people , better sort , cream , crme de la crme , cultured class , elite , gentry , haut monde , high life , high society , jet set , privileged , privileged class , second estate , smart set , society , the better sorts , the four hundred , the privileged , upper crust , blue blood , flower , gentility , nobility , patriciate , quality , who\'s who

adjective

aristocratic , blue-blooded , elite , highborn , highbred , patrician , thoroughbred , wellborn