" corps d'elite "

1: individuals carefully selected as being the best of a class;

  * e.g., " ... the atomic bomb developers for the Manhattan Project constituted the corps d'elite of American science "

•  Synonyms : 

•  A-list,

•  aristocracy,

•  best,

•  choice,

•  cream,

•  crème de la crème,

•  elect,

•  elite,

•  fat,

•  flower,

•  illuminati,

•  pick,

•  pink,

•  pride,

•  priesthood,

•  prime,

•  royalty,

•  upper crust

•  Antonyms : 

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