Crème de la crème (5 letters)

{ Answer }

ELITE

{ Related Clues }

The best
Choice
Cream
The finest
On the A-list
Meritocracy
Premier
Select
Superior
Beau monde
Best of the best
Best part
Blue bloods
Cream of the crop
The Four Hundred
High class
Influential set
Kind of type
Not for the masses
Rabble's antithesis
Select group
Select portion
Socially superior
Society's 400
Superior group
Top echelon
Top players
Type size
Type of type
Type type
Typewriter type
The upper crust
Upper crust
Type size used in typewriters
They sometimes "meet to eat" at the club

{ Tags }

best, choice, class, cream, creme, crop, crust, de, drawer, elite, group, la, like, list, select, size, superior, top, type, typewriter, upper

{ Notes }

The answer ELITE is seen frequently, appearing about once every 50 puzzles.

{ Definition }

ELITE as a noun:

1. (elite, elite group) = a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status

ELITE as an adjective:

1. (elect, elite) = selected as the best; "an elect circle of artists"; "elite colleges"