Synonyms of gentlefolk

gentlefolk

plural noun

ˈjen-tᵊl-ˌfōk 

variants also gentlefolks

as in gentry

the highest class in a society

an 18th-century painter whose works are typically of well-dressed gentlefolk wooing and frolicking in sylvan settings

Synonyms & Similar Words

• gentry
• aristocracy
• nobility
• elite
• gentility
• patriciate
• upper class
• society
• upper crust
• quality
• glitterati
• café society
• A-list
• beautiful people
• haute monde
• jet set
• Four Hundred
• haut monde
• plutocracy
• beau monde
• 400
• carriage trade

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• proletariat
• proletarians
• peasantry
• (the) public
• commoners
• (the) people
• plebeians
• (the) crowd
• (the) masses
• plebs
• (the) populace
• bourgeoisie
• peonage
• rank and file
• middle class
• working class
• rabble
• dregs
• scum
• (the) mob
• riffraff
• (the) herd
• trash
• rabblement

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of gentlefolk

Franken even delivered a handwritten note because that’s what gentlefolk of the Senate do. —Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2021

For the most part, however, the contract is implicit, because the gentlefolk of Singapore know to mind their own business, while the authorities settle an intoxicating bliss on the clean, green city-state. —The Economist, 17 Apr. 2021