Class — Meaning, Definition & Synonyms

a group of people acting together within a larger group

"the younger set is less likely to volunteer for the church's annual rummage sale"

a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially

"they rarely associate with anyone outside their social set"

a number of things considered as a unit

"a set of tools"

one of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristic

"the next set of job applicants had far more education and practical experience"

the array of painted backgrounds and furnishings used to establish the setting in a stage production

"built sets for the play"

of the very best kind

"a first-class production of a classic American musical"

of the very best kind

"had some surprisingly high-class food at the church supper"

belonging to the class of people of low social or economic rank

"they were finally earning enough to get out of the lower-class tax bracket"

of little or less value or merit

"a playwright who produced only second-class work when he turned his hand to poetry"

of average to below average quality

"it's only a second-class restaurant and not worth the high prices"

of high birth, rank, or station

"upper-class boys who had an entrenched sense of entitlement"

the highest class in a society

"a school founded to educate the children of the upper class"

belonging to the class of people of middle social or economic rank

"She grew up in a middle-class neighborhood, as did most of her classmates."