Upstart Synonyms

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Synonyms for Upstart

pretender
A claimant to a throne
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adventurer
A person who has or likes to have adventures
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bourgeois gentilhomme (French)
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jackanapes
(Dated, pejorative) An impudent or mischievous person.
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kip
A bed
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nouveau-riche
One who has recently become rich, especially one who flaunts newly acquired wealth.
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parvenu
A person who has suddenly acquired wealth or power, esp. one who is not fully accepted socially by the class associated with the higher position; upstart
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new rich
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opportunist
One who takes advantage of any opportunity to achieve an end, often with no regard for principles or consequences.
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would-be gentleman
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newly-rich
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new-money
Persons or families that have recently become wealthy.
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bourgeois
(Politics, collectively) The middle class.
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social-climber
Someone who tries to improve their social standing, especially by means of obsequious behaviour
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johnny-come-lately
(Idiomatic) A newcomer; a novice; an upstart.
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arriviste
A person who has recently attained high position or great power but not general acceptance or respect; an upstart.
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comer
(Informal) A person or thing that shows promise of being a success
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mushroom
Something that grows very quickly or seems to appear suddenly.
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snob
A person who attaches great importance to wealth, social position, etc., having or displaying contempt for his or her inferiors and admiration for superiors
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parvenue
Like or characteristic of a parvenue
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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.

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

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

  • 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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