- elect, elite - selected as the best; "an elect circle of artists"; "elite colleges"
Antonym: unselected (indirect, via selected)
- elite, elite group - a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status
--1 is a kind of upper class, upper crust
--1 has members: technocrat
--1 has particulars:chosen, elect; cream, pick; intelligentsia, clerisy; society, high society, beau monde, smart set, bon ton; few; nobility, aristocracy