Akademik

elite

I

noun

a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status (Freq. 6)

• Syn: ↑elite group

• Hypernyms: ↑upper class, ↑upper crust

• Hyponyms:

↑chosen, ↑elect, ↑cream, ↑pick, ↑intelligentsia, ↑clerisy, ↑society, ↑high society, ↑beau monde, ↑smart set, ↑bon ton, ↑few, ↑nobility, ↑aristocracy

• Member Meronyms: ↑technocrat

II

adjective

selected as the best

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an elect circle of artists

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elite colleges

• Syn: ↑elect

• Similar to: ↑selected

• Derivationally related forms: ↑elect (for: ↑elect)

Useful english dictionary. 2012.