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in-crowd

in-crowd

5 8.0
A group of popular people who set trends others follow
  • noun
  • /ˈɪnˌkraʊd/
  • Informal
translation icon : grupo de élite
  • To be successful in high school, you often need to be part of the in-crowd that sets the trends.
  • part of the in-crowd

And then we've created this generation of kids that's raised on a sugar diet of pop culture and social media and being in the in crowd with retweets.

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Examples

  • When my children started school, I told them that the feeling of being different and not fitting in is how everyone feels, whether they are perceived as being in the in-crowd or not.

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  • That's right, it's gonna be the show for the in crowd.

  • And I think it's just because we want to kind of be a part of that in crowd, so to speak.

  • Most of us can say that at one point in time we wanted to be recognized as being in the "in crowd."

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  • And the trendy in-crowd indeed.

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  • The Freshies were never part of the in-crowd.

  • He's part of the cool "in-crowd."

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  • But when you are a teen, unless you are part of the "in-crowd," you invariably feel different, whatever your exterior.

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  • The "revenge of the nerds" had exploded in a middle-class suburban high school where losers and outsiders had traditionally acquiesced to the rule of the "in crowd."

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  • Lengthens childhood; our children are free to be children; there's no pressure to be like the 'in-crowd' or to follow any worldly trends. Homeschooled children are often described as 'childlike yet mature.'

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Synonyms

glitterati
vsin-crowd
  • Literature
4 8.6

Famous stylish people who go to glamorous events

is popular or influential within a scene without necessarily being famous
fashion crowd
vsin-crowd
3.9

A group of people who like new clothes and styles

is broader showing general popularity and influence beyond just style fans
elitist crowd
vsin-crowd
  • Offensive
7.5

A group of people who think they are better than others

is about being popular or influential rather than only exclusive or snobbish
bourgie crowd
vsin-crowd
  • Offensive
9.9

A group of people who are rich and try to seem better than others

is more about social influence and popularity than class pretension
yuppity crowd
vsin-crowd
  • Offensive
9.9

A group of young people who work in the city and act like they are better than others

is broader and not limited to a young professional demographic

Antonyms

283 4.1

A person who is not accepted by a group or community

How Fashionable

bon ton
  • Formal
9.9
high society
9 4.2
in-crowd
  • Informal
5 8.0
society
84 3.0

Surface Forms

in-crowd singular
in-crowds plural

Morphology

in-crowd = in + crowd (transparent) = in + crowd

Meaning is directly built from 'in' (fashionable) + 'crowd' (group), so learners knowing both parts can infer the sense.

Etymology

In-crowd comes from the parts in ('inside') and crowd, which gives the image of people who are 'inside' the main group. So the in-crowd is the small group seen as fashionable and popular.