" silk-stocking "

1: having goods, property, or money in abundance;

  * e.g., " ... the luxurious resort caters exclusively to a silk-stocking clientele "

•  Synonyms : 

•  affluent,

•  deep-pocketed,

•  fat,

•  fat-cat,

•  flush,

•  loaded,

•  moneyed,

•  opulent,

•  rich,

•  wealthy,

•  well-endowed,

•  well-fixed,

•  well-heeled,

•  well-off,

•  well-to-do

•  Antonyms : 

•  destitute,

•  impecunious,

•  impoverished,

•  indigent,

•  needy,

•  penniless,

•  penurious,

•  poor,

•  poverty-stricken

2: of high birth, rank, or station;

  * e.g., " ... detectives assigned to investigate crimes among the silk-stocking types found on the city's gold coast "

•  Synonyms : 

•  aristocratic,

•  blue-blooded,

•  genteel,

•  gentle,

•  grand,

•  great,

•  highborn,

•  highbred,

•  noble,

•  patrician,

•  upper-class,

•  upper-crust,

•  wellborn

•  Antonyms : 

•  baseborn,

•  common,

•  humble,

•  ignoble,

•  low,

•  lower-class,

•  lowly,

•  mean,

•  nonaristocratic,

•  plebeian,

•  ungenteel

1: a wealthy person;

  * e.g., " ... made her reputation as an interior designer for the silk stockings of Nob Hill "

•  Synonyms : 

•  capitalist,

•  Croesus,

•  deep pocket,

•  fat cat,

•  have,

•  money,

•  moneybags,

•  plutocrat

•  Antonyms : 

•  have-not,

•  pauper