bourgeois
English Thesaurus
1. a member of the middle class (noun.person)
| hyponym | : | petit bourgeois, |
| definition | : | a member of the lower middle class (noun.person) |
| member meronym | : | bourgeoisie, middle class, |
| definition | : | the social class between the lower and upper classes (noun.group) |
2. a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise (noun.person)
| hypernym | : | capitalist, |
| definition | : | a person who invests capital in a business (especially a large business) (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | agent, broker, factor, |
| definition | : | a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | businessman, man of affairs, |
| definition | : | a person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive) (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | businesswoman, |
| definition | : | a female businessperson (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | enterpriser, entrepreneur, |
| definition | : | someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | exporter, |
| definition | : | a businessperson who transports goods abroad (for sale) (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | importer, |
| definition | : | someone whose business involves importing goods from outside (especially from a foreign country) (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | shipper, |
| definition | : | someone who ships goods (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | provider, supplier, |
| definition | : | someone whose business is to supply a particular service or commodity (noun.person) |
3. belonging to the middle class (adj.all)
| similar | : | middle-class, middle-class, |
| definition | : | occupying a socioeconomic position intermediate between those of the lower classes and the wealthy (adj.all) |
4. (according to Marxist thought) being of the property-owning class and exploitive of the working class (adj.all)
5. conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class (adj.all)
| derivation | : | materialism, philistinism, |
| definition | : | a desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters (noun.state) |
| derivation | : | materialism, philistinism, |
| definition | : | a desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters (noun.state) |
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