Upstart Synonyms

ŭpstärt
A gymnastic exercise performed starting from a position with the legs over the upper body and moving to an erect position by arching the back and swinging the legs out and down while forcing the chest upright
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. parvenu
  2. nouveau-riche
  3. snob
  4. johnny-come-lately
  5. arriviste
  6. pretender
  7. new rich
  8. status seeker
  9. adventurer
  10. opportunist
  11. comer
  12. bourgeois gentilhomme (French)
  13. would-be gentleman
  14. jackanapes
  15. kip
  16. newly-rich
  17. new-money
  18. bourgeois
  19. mushroom
  20. social-climber
  21. presumptuous
Characteristic of someone who has risen economically or socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this new position
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. nouveau-riche
  2. parvenu
  3. parvenue

Upstart Sentence Examples

  • I decided that I would show this young upstart how to attack a good bend.

  • Because if this brash young upstart is to be believed, acquiring these hard-won skills is now an easy matter.

  • I do n't actually give a shit if you think I 'm a cheeky upstart and have no right to comment.

  • Some residents at the time regarded the Pavilion as a ' new fangled upstart of a cinema '.

  • The British press was nasty, seeing it as a battle of class -- an English gentleman against an American Jewish woman upstart.

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