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parvenu

noun

1 parvenu

A person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class.

synonyms: arriviste, nouveau-riche, upstart.

Roget 123: newness etc. adj.; novelty, recency; immaturity; youth etc. 127; gloss of novelty.    innovation; renovation etc. (restoration) ... show more

Roget 734: prosperity, welfare, well-being; affluence etc. (wealth) 803; success etc. 731; thrift, roaring trade; good fortune, smiles of fortune; ... show more

Roget 851: vulgarity, vulgarism; barbarism, Vandalism, Gothicism; mauvis gout [Fr.], bad taste; gaucherie, awkwardness, want of tact; ill-breeding etc. (discourtesy) 895.    ... show more

Roget 876: commonalty, democracy; obscurity; low condition, low life, low society, low company; bourgeoisie; mass of the people, mass of society; Brown Jones and Robinson; lower classes, humbler classes, ... show more

Dutch: parvenu, nieuwkomeling, arrivé
Polish: homo novus

adjective

1 parvenu

Characteristic of someone who has risen economically or socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this new position.

synonyms: nouveau-riche, parvenue, upstart.

Polish: nowobogacki

2 parvenu

Of or characteristic of a parvenu.

synonym: parvenue.


Moby thesaurus: Babbitt, Daddy Warbucks, Philistine, Young Turk, adventurer, arriviste, billionaire, bloated plutocrat, boor, bounder, bourgeois, bourgeois gentilhomme, bright young man, cad, capitalist, churl, clown, comer, emigrant, epicier ... show more.

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