elite

1. 1.

   selected as the best

   “an elect circle of artists”

   “elite colleges”

   Synonymselect

   Similarselected

Other forms of elite

plural

elites·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about elite

What does elite mean?

elite means "a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in elite?

elite has 2 syllables: e-lite. The stress falls on "lite". In IPA it is /ɪˈlit/.

What is another word for elite?

Close synonyms include elite group, elect. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is elite a common word?

elite is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with elite?

3 words rhyme with elite. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.