Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun caste

4 senses of caste

Sense 1
caste -- (social status or position conferred by a system based on class; "lose caste by doing work beneath one's station")
       => status, position -- (the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society; "he had the status of a minor"; "the novel attained the status of a classic"; "atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life")

Sense 2
caste -- ((Hinduism) a hereditary social class among Hindus; stratified according to ritual purity)
       => class, stratum, social class, socio-economic class -- (people having the same social, economic, or educational status; "the working class"; "an emerging professional class")

Sense 3
caste -- (a social class separated from others by distinctions of hereditary rank or profession or wealth)
       => class, stratum, social class, socio-economic class -- (people having the same social, economic, or educational status; "the working class"; "an emerging professional class")

Sense 4
caste -- (in some social insects (such as ants) a physically distinct individual or group of individuals specialized to perform certain functions in the colony)
       => animal group -- (a group of animals)