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Showing words for CASTE using the English dictionary

5 Letter Words for Caste

caste, cates, cesta, sceat, taces

4 Letter Words for Caste

aces, acts, ates, case, cast, cate, cats, ceas, cest, east, eats, esca, etas, sate, scat, scet, seat, sect, seta, tace, teas, teca

3 Letter Words for Caste

ace, act, aes, ase, ast, ate, cat, cst, cte, cts, eas, eat, ect, esc, est, eta, etc, sac, sat, sct, sea, sec, set, sta, tas, tea, tec, tes

Definitions for Caste

[1] Sociology . an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups. any rigid system of social distinctions.
[2] Hinduism . any of the social divisions into which Hindu society is traditionally divided, each caste having its own privileges and limitations, transferred by inheritance from one generation to the next; jati. Compare class(def 13) .
[3] any class or group of society sharing common cultural features: low caste; high caste.
[4] social position conferred upon one by a caste system: to lose caste.
[5] Entomology . one of the distinct forms among polymorphous social insects, performing a specialized function in the colony, as a queen, worker or soldier.
[6] of, relating to, or characterized by caste: a caste society; a caste system; a caste structure.
[7] any of the four major hereditary classes, namely the Brahman, Kshatriya, Vaisya, and Sudra into which Hindu society is divided See also Brahman, Kshatriya, Vaisya, Sudra Also called: caste system the system or basis of such classes the social position or rank conferred by this system
[8] any social class or system based on such distinctions as heredity, rank, wealth, profession, etc
[9] the position conferred by such a system
[10] entomol any of various types of specialized individual, such as the worker, in social insects (hive bees, ants, etc)

Words related to Caste

stratum, status, standing, degree, estate, grade, station, rank, order, sphere, race, lineage, position, species

Words nearby Caste

castalia, castaneda, castanet, castanets, castaway, caste, caste mark, caste system, castel gandolfo, castellammare di stabia, castellan

Origin of Caste

1545–55; < Portuguese casta race, breed, noun use of casta, feminine of casto < Latin castus pure, chaste

Words that may be confused with Caste

cast, caste, class

Other words from Caste

caste·ism , noun
caste·less , adjective
an·ti·caste , adjective
in·ter·caste , adjective
sub·caste , noun

Word origin for Caste

C16: from Portuguese casta race, breed, ancestry, from casto pure, chaste, from Latin castus

Synonyms for Caste

stratum, degree, estate, grade, lineage, order, position, race, rank, species, sphere, standing, station, status, cultural level, social order