elite
elite Lexical Profile
elite Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Belonging to a superior or exclusive group characterized by exceptional skill, wealth, power, or status.
"She was accepted into an elite training program for Olympic gymnasts."
• noun
A select group that is superior in terms of ability, wealth, privilege, or influence to the rest of a society or organization.
"Access to higher education was once restricted almost exclusively to the social elite."
A size of type on a typewriter providing twelve characters to the horizontal inch.
"The older clerk preferred typing official correspondence in elite rather than the larger pica font."
• Rhymes for elite
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the late 18th century from French élite ('selection, choice'), from the feminine past participle of Old French eslire ('to choose'), ultimately from Latin eligere ('to pick out, select'), which is also the root of 'elect'.