Synonyms for bougie

Most common

high and mighty · classy · chi chi · posh

All synonyms

Adjective

Noun

Definitions

1. adj. 1

   Behaving like or pertaining to people of a higher social status, middle-class / bourgeois people (sometimes carrying connotations of fakeness, elitism, or snobbery).

2. n. 1

   A tapered cylindrical instrument for introducing an object into a tubular anatomical structure, or to dilate such a structure, as with an esophageal bougie.

Related words

Word family

bourgie

Forms

Plural

bougies → wax-candles…

Example sentences

• classy No other zodiac sign is as classy as Capricorn.
• posh He lives in a posh apartment near Central Park.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters

posh¹

5 letters

ritzy²

6 letters

classy², snooty², snobby²

7 letters

saditty

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (ritzy² = 2 syllables).