upper class, upper crust - the class occupying the highest position in the social hierarchy

elect, chosen - an exclusive group of people; "one of the elect who have power inside the government"

cream, pick - the best people or things in a group; "the cream of England's young men were killed in the Great War"

clerisy, intelligentsia - an educated and intellectual elite

beau monde, bon ton, high society, smart set, society - the fashionable elite

few - a small elite group; "it was designed for the discriminating few"

aristocracy, nobility - a privileged class holding hereditary titles

technocrat - an expert who is a member of a highly skilled elite group

selected - chosen in preference to another