elite
Of high birth or social position; aristocratic or patrician.
Adjective 2 meanings
Of high birth or social position; aristocratic or patrician.
Representing the choicest or most select of a group.
Noun 4 meanings
A special group or social class of people who have a superior social or economic status and attendant power, advantages, or privileges in society; a member of such a group.
“constituting an elite”
An individual member of such a group.
Someone who is among the best at a certain task.
A typeface with 12 characters per inch.
Etymology
From Middle English elit, from Old French elit, eslit (“chosen, elected”) past participle of elire, eslire (“to choose, elect”), from Latin eligere (“to choose, elect”), with past participle electus; see elect.
ELITE at a glance
ELITE has 5 letters and scores 5 points in Scrabble (E 1 + L 1 + I 1 + T 1 + E 1) and 6 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,553 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with elite
All rhymesOne letter away
- FLITE8
- ELIDE6
- EVITE8
- ELUTE5
- ELATE5
- BLITE7
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