aristocracy
noun
1 aristocracy
A privileged class holding hereditary titles.
synonym: nobility.
Roget 737a: government, legal authority, soveriegn, sovereign authority; authority etc. 737; master etc. 745; direction etc. 693. [nations] national government, nation, state, country, nation-state, dominion, republic, empire, union, democratic republic; kingdom, principality. [subdivisions of nations] state government [Lat.], state; shire [Brit.]; province [Can.]; county [Ire.]; canton [Switz.]; territory [Austral.]; duchy, archduchy, archdukedom†; woiwodshaft; commonwealth; region etc. 181; property etc. 780. [smaller subdivisions] county, parish city, domain, tract, arrondissement [Fr.], mofussil†, commune; wappentake, hundred, riding, lathe, garth†, soke†, tithing; ward, precinct, bailiwick. command, empire, sway, rule; dominion, domination; sovereignty, supremacy, suzerainty; lordship, headship†; chiefdom†; seigniory, seigniority†. rule, sway, command, control, administer; govern etc. (direct) 693; lead, preside over, reign, possess the throne, be seated on the throne, occupy the throne; sway the scepter, wield the scepter; wear the crown. state, realm, body politic, posse comitatus [Lat.]. [person in the governing authority] judicature etc. 965; cabinet etc. (council) 696; seat of government, seat of authority; headquarters. [Acquisition of authority] accession; installation etc. 755; politics etc. 737.1. reign, regime, dynasty; directorship, dictatorship; protectorate, protectorship; caliphate, pashalic†, electorate; presidency, presidentship†; administration; proconsul, consulship; prefecture; seneschalship; magistrature†, magistracy. monarchy; kinghood†, kingship; royalty, regality; aristarchy†, aristocracy; oligarchy, democracy, theocracy, demagogy; commonwealth; dominion; heteronomy; republic, republicanism; socialism; collectivism; mob law, mobocracy†, ochlocracy†; vox populi, imperium in imperio [Lat.]; bureaucracy; beadledom†, bumbledom†; stratocracy; military power, military government, junta; feodality†, feudal system, feudalism. thearchy†, theocracy, dinarchy†; duarchy†, triarchy, heterarchy†; duumvirate; triumvirate; autocracy, autonomy; limited monarchy; constitutional government, constitutional monarchy; home rule; representative government; monocracy†, pantisocracy†. gynarchy†, gynocracy†, gynaeocracy†; petticoat government. [government functions] legislature, judiciary, administration. [Government agencies and institutions] office of the president, office of the prime minister, cabinet; senate, house of representatives, parliament; council etc. 696; courts, supreme court; [U.S. national government departments], state, interior, labor, health and human services, defense, education, agriculture, justice, commerce, treasury; Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI; Central Intelligence Agency, CIA; National Institutes of Health, NIH; Postal Service, Post Office; Federal Aviation Administration, FAA. [national government officials] president, vice president, cabinet member, prime minister, minister; senator, representatative, president pro tem [Lat.], speaker of the house; department head, section head, section chief; federal judge, justice, justice of the supreme court, chief justice; treasurer, secretary of the treasury; director of the FBI. [state government officials] governor, state cabinet member; state senator, assemblyman, assemblywoman. ... show more
Roget 875: nobility, rank, condition, distinction, optimacy†, blood, pur sang [Fr.], birth, high descent, order; quality, gentility; blue blood of Castile; ancien regime [Fr.]. high life, haute monde [Fr.]; upper classes, upper ten thousand; the four hundred [U.S.]; elite, aristocracy, great folks; fashionable world etc. (fashion) 852. peer, peerage; house of lords, house of peers; lords, lords temporal and spiritual; noblesse; noble, nobleman; lord, lordling†; grandee, magnifico [Lat.], hidalgo; daimio [Jap.], daimyo [Jap.], samurai [Jap.], shizoku [Jap.]; don, donship†; aristocrat, swell, three-tailed bashaw†; gentleman, squire, squireen†, patrician, laureate. gentry, gentlefolk; squirarchy [Slang], better sort magnates, primates, optimates†; pantisocracy†. king etc. (master) 745; atheling†; prince, duke; marquis, marquisate†; earl, viscount, baron, thane, banneret†; baronet, baronetcy†; knight, knighthood; count, armiger†, laird; signior†, seignior; esquire, boyar, margrave, vavasour†; emir, ameer†, scherif†, sharif, effendi, wali; sahib; chevalier, maharaja, nawab, palsgrave†, pasha, rajah, waldgrave†. princess, begum†, duchess, marchioness; countess &c.; lady, dame; memsahib; Do$a, maharani, rani. personage of distinction, man of distinction, personage of rank, man of rank, personage of mark, man of mark; notables, notabilities; celebrity, bigwig, magnate, great man, star, superstar; big bug; big gun, great gun; gilded rooster [U.S.]; magni nominis umbra [Lat.] [Lucan]; every inch a king" [Lear]. ... show more
is a specific kind of: elite, elite group.
is a broader term that covers: noblesse | baronage, peerage | baronetage | knighthood | samurai.
instances of which are: Ferdinand and Isabella | William and Mary.
has as a member: aristocrat, blue blood, patrician.
derivation: noble | aristocratic, aristocratical, blue, blue-blooded, gentle, patrician.
Dutch: adel, aristocratie
2 aristocracy
The most powerful members of a society.
synonym: gentry.
is a specific kind of: upper class, upper crust.
is a broader term that covers: landed gentry, squirearchy.
derivation: aristocratic, aristocratical, blue, blue-blooded, gentle, patrician.
Dutch: Gentry
Polish: jaśniepaństwo, arystokracja, możnowładztwo, magnateria
Moby thesaurus: FFVs, absolute monarchy, aedileship, ancestry, ancienne noblesse, archbishopric, archiepiscopacy, archiepiscopate, aristocraticalness, autarchy, autocracy, autonomy, baronage, baronetage, barons, beau monde, birth, bishopric, blood, blue blood, bon ton, carriage trade, chairmanship, chancellery, chancellorate, chancellorship, chiefery, chiefry, chieftaincy, chieftainry, chieftainship, chivalry, coalition government, colonialism, commonwealth, constitutional government, constitutional monarchy, consulate, consulship, county, cream, deanery, democracy, dictatorship, dictature, directorship, distinction, dominion rule, duarchy, duumvirate, dyarchy, elect, elite, emirate, episcopacy, establishment, federal government, federation, feudal system, flower, garrison state, genteelness, gentility, gentry, gerontocracy, governorship, haut monde, headship, hegemony, heteronomy, hierarchy, hierocracy, high life, high society, home rule, honorable descent, jet set, knightage, leadership, limited monarchy, lords of creation, lordship, magistracy, magistrateship, magistrature, martial law, masterdom, mastership, mastery, mayoralty, mayorship, meritocracy, metropolitanate, metropolitanship, militarism, military government, mob rule, mobocracy, monarchy, neocolonialism, nobility, noble birth, nobleness, noblesse, noblesse de robe, ochlocracy, old nobility, oligarchy, overlapping, pantisocracy, papacy, pashadom, pashalic, patriarchate, patriarchy, patricians, patriciate, peerage, police state, pontificality, pontificate, popedom, popehood, popeship, power elite, power structure, prefectship, prefecture, premiership, presidency, presidentship, prime-ministership, prime-ministry, princedom, princeship, principality, proconsulate, proconsulship, protectorate, protectorship, provostry, provostship, pure democracy, quality, rank, rectorate, rectorship, regency, regentship, representative democracy, representative government, republic, royalty, ruling circles, ruling class, seigniory, self-determination, self-government, seneschalship, seneschalsy, sheikhdom, sheriffalty, sheriffcy, sheriffdom, shrievalty, smart set, social democracy, society, stratocracy, supervisorship, suzerainship, suzerainty, technocracy, the Four Hundred, the best, the best people, the brass, the classes, thearchy, theocracy, top people, totalitarian government, totalitarian regime, triarchy, tribunate, triumvirate, tyranny, upper class, upper classes, upper crust, upper ten, upper ten thousand, uppercut, vizierate, viziership, welfare state ... show more.
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