Parvenu synonyms
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nouveau riche (French)
Newly rich, powerful, etc.
Ostentatious; intended to impress others.
Having the property of being a snob; arrogant and pretentious; smugly superior or dismissive of perceived inferiors.
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A person who feels and acts smugly superior about his or her particular tastes or interests
(Pejorative) New money; wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy.
A new participant in some activity; a neophyte.
Like or characteristic of a parvenue
Find another word for parvenu. In this page you can discover 12 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for parvenu, like: egotistic, nouveau riche (French), upstart, pretentious, arrogant, snobbish, status seeker, snob, nouveau-riche, newcomer and arriviste.