Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

upper middle class

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.52 in modern English

Syllables
up-per mid-dle -class
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A social and economic class lying above the lower middle class and below the upper class.

noun

The groups in society composed of highly educated professionals and middle managerial level workers.

Inflected Forms

upper middle classes (plural)

Phrases

middle class upper-class working class

Frequently Paired Words

middle class upper-class working class

Synonyms

haute bourgeoisie professional class

Questions

What does upper middle class mean?
A social and economic class lying above the lower middle class and below the upper class.

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