silk-stocking

1 of 2

adjective

silk-stock·ing ˈsilk-ˈstä-kiŋ How to pronounce silk-stocking (audio)

: aristocratic, wealthy

a silk-stocking district

a silk-stocking law firm

: fashionably dressed

a silk-stocking audience

: of or relating to the American Federalist party

silk stocking

2 of 2

noun

: an aristocratic or wealthy person

: a fashionably dressed person

: federalist sense 2

Example Sentences

Noun made her reputation as an interior designer for the silk stockings of Nob Hill

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

The garments hearken to past centuries when the lines between gender were not so fixed, when men wore ruffles and silk stockings and everyone wore wigs and powdered their hair.

Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2019 Early sales mostly cut into the market for cheaper rayon and cotton stockings, however, giving silk stocking makers time to make the transition.

Virginia Postrel, Twin Cities, 1 Nov. 2019 In the 1920s, skirts rose to knee-length, and flappers rolled their silk stockings down to below the knee to flash a bit of skin.

Julie Washington, cleveland.com, 17 Sep. 2019 Some women painted their legs to look like silk stockings.

Washington Post, 22 Aug. 2019 Your little devil, Love, Frank RALPH: Feb. 8, 1942Dear John,Why are the Japs like their silk stockings?

Jessica Stahl, Washington Post, 3 Jan. 2018 Your little devil, Love, Frank RALPH: Feb. 8, 1942Dear John,Why are the Japs like their silk stockings?

Jessica Stahl, Washington Post, 3 Jan. 2018 See More

silk-stocking 1 of 2

adjective

as in wealthy

having goods, property, or money in abundance the luxurious resort caters exclusively to a silk-stocking clientele

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

wealthy
rich
affluent
moneyed
opulent
fat-cat
well-heeled
well-to-do
successful
well-off
deep-pocketed
prosperous
prospering
monied
propertied
fat
comfortable
well-fixed
well-endowed
flush
flourishing
loaded
in the chips
thriving
privileged
substantial
better-off
advantaged
blessed
blest

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

poor
indigent
impoverished
impecunious
penniless
penurious
destitute
needy
poverty-stricken
deprived
underprivileged
disadvantaged
bankrupt
insolvent
pauperized
indebted
unaffluent
ruined
beggared
broke
depressed
hand-to-mouth
reduced
short
pinched
low
skint
bankrupted
straitened

as in aristocratic

of high birth, rank, or station detectives assigned to investigate crimes among the silk-stocking types found on the city's gold coast

Synonyms & Similar Words

aristocratic
noble
highbred
patrician
upper-crust
genteel
wellborn
blue-blooded
upper-class
royal
highborn
grand
gentle
great
superior
exalted
regal
ladylike
senior
gentlemanly
ennobled
princely
high
lofty
lordly
queenly
elevated
knightly
kingly
high-level

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

common
plebeian
humble
lowly
ignoble
low
inferior
nonaristocratic
knavish
bastard
ordinary
ungenteel
mean
lower-class
baseborn
plain
illegitimate
junior
subordinate
degraded
abased

silk stocking

2 of 2

noun

as in have

a wealthy person made her reputation as an interior designer for the silk stockings of Nob Hill

Synonyms & Similar Words

have
deep pocket
capitalist
fat cat
money
plutocrat
magnate
moneybags
billionaire
heir
multimillionairess
heiress
jeunesse dorée
tycoon
moneymaker
Croesus
millionaire
nabob
multimillionaire
money-spinner
multibillionaire
gazillionaire
zillionaire
jet-setter

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

pauper
bankrupt
have-not
beggar

单词	silk-stocking
释义	silk-stocking 1 of 2 adjective silk-stock·ing ˈsilk-ˈstä-kiŋ 1 : aristocratic, wealthy a silk-stocking district a silk-stocking law firm 2 : fashionably dressed a silk-stocking audience 3 : of or relating to the American Federalist party silk stocking 2 of 2 noun 1 : an aristocratic or wealthy person 2 : a fashionably dressed person 3 : federalist sense 2 Synonyms Adjective affluent deep-pocketed fat fat-cat flush loaded moneyed monied opulent rich wealthy well-endowed well-fixed well-heeled well-off well-to-do Noun capitalist Croesus deep pocket fat cat have money moneybags plutocrat See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Noun made her reputation as an interior designer for the silk stockings of Nob Hill Recent Examples on the Web Noun The garments hearken to past centuries when the lines between gender were not so fixed, when men wore ruffles and silk stockings and everyone wore wigs and powdered their hair. Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2019 Early sales mostly cut into the market for cheaper rayon and cotton stockings, however, giving silk stocking makers time to make the transition. Virginia Postrel, Twin Cities, 1 Nov. 2019 In the 1920s, skirts rose to knee-length, and flappers rolled their silk stockings down to below the knee to flash a bit of skin. Julie Washington, cleveland.com, 17 Sep. 2019 Some women painted their legs to look like silk stockings. Washington Post, 22 Aug. 2019 Your little devil, Love, Frank RALPH: Feb. 8, 1942Dear John,Why are the Japs like their silk stockings? Jessica Stahl, Washington Post, 3 Jan. 2018 Your little devil, Love, Frank RALPH: Feb. 8, 1942Dear John,Why are the Japs like their silk stockings? Jessica Stahl, Washington Post, 3 Jan. 2018 See More Word History First Known Use Adjective 1798, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Noun 1836, in the meaning defined at sense 1 silk-stocking 1 of 2 adjective 1 as in wealthy having goods, property, or money in abundance the luxurious resort caters exclusively to a silk-stocking clientele Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance wealthy rich affluent moneyed opulent fat-cat well-heeled well-to-do successful well-off deep-pocketed prosperous prospering monied propertied fat comfortable well-fixed well-endowed flush flourishing loaded in the chips thriving privileged substantial better-off advantaged blessed blest Antonyms & Near Antonyms poor indigent impoverished impecunious penniless penurious destitute needy poverty-stricken deprived underprivileged disadvantaged bankrupt insolvent pauperized indebted unaffluent ruined beggared broke depressed hand-to-mouth reduced short pinched low skint bankrupted straitened See More 2 as in aristocratic of high birth, rank, or station detectives assigned to investigate crimes among the silk-stocking types found on the city's gold coast Synonyms & Similar Words aristocratic noble highbred patrician upper-crust genteel wellborn blue-blooded upper-class royal highborn grand gentle great superior exalted regal ladylike senior gentlemanly ennobled princely high lofty lordly queenly elevated knightly kingly high-level Antonyms & Near Antonyms common plebeian humble lowly ignoble low inferior nonaristocratic knavish bastard ordinary ungenteel mean lower-class baseborn plain illegitimate junior subordinate degraded abased See More silk stocking 2 of 2 noun as in have a wealthy person made her reputation as an interior designer for the silk stockings of Nob Hill Synonyms & Similar Words have deep pocket capitalist fat cat money plutocrat magnate moneybags billionaire heir multimillionairess heiress jeunesse dorée tycoon moneymaker Croesus millionaire nabob multimillionaire money-spinner multibillionaire gazillionaire zillionaire jet-setter Antonyms & Near Antonyms pauper bankrupt have-not beggar
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silk-stocking

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