Definition for Ruling class:

• the class of people exerting power or authority

Synonyms for Ruling class:

• n.

  •gentility (noun)
  • Mannerliness,
  • elite,
  • society,
  • flower,
  • etiquette,
  • elegance,
  • good family,
  • respectability,
  • polish,
  • gentry,
  • culture,
  • good manners,
  • politeness,
  • gentle birth,
  • rank,
  • refinement,
  • Optimacy,
  • quality,
  • ruling classes,
  • courtesy,
  • propriety,
  • Gentlefolks,
  • formality,
  • Gentlefolk,
  • high birth,
  • decorum,
  • civility,
  • good breeding,
  • blue blood,
  • courtliness,
  • urbanity.
  •power structure (noun)
  • status system,
  • managerial hierarchy,
  • establishment,
  • powers that be,
  • interests,
  • power elite,
  • hierarchy,
  • class structure,
  • corridors of power,
  • stratification,
  • power structure.
  •second estate (noun)
  • better sort,
  • cream,
  • privileged,
  • Patriciate.

• Other synonyms:

  •gentry
  • peerage.

Antonyms for Ruling class:

• n.

  • gentility
    bad manners, rusticity, crudeness, roughness, coarseness, rudeness, impoliteness.
  • nobility
    unimportance, humiliation, insignificance, condemnation, dishonor, depression, debasement, denunciation.
  • noblesse
    selfishness, disgrace, inferiority, meanness.