| Caste 1. (n.) A separate and fixed order or class of persons in society who chiefly hold intercourse among themselves. 2. (n.) One of the hereditary classes into which the Hindus are divided according to the laws of Brahmanism. Thesaurus Entries ashram, blood, body, bracket, branch, category, clan, class, colony, commonwealth, commune, community, condition, division, echelon, economic class, endogamous group, estate, extended family, family, footing, gens, grade, group, grouping, head, heading, hierarchy, kin, kinship group, label, level, moiety, nuclear family, order, phratria, phratry, phyle, pigeonhole, place, position, power structure, precedence, predicament, race, rank, rate, rating, rubric, section, sept, set, settlement, social class, society, sphere, stage, standing, station, status, strain, stratum, subcaste, subdivision, subgroup, suborder, title, totem |