Upstart synonyms
ŭp'stärt'
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A soldier of fortune, a speculator.
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
(Obs.) A person having no wealth or social rank; one of the common people
new rich
Someone who takes advantage of any opportunity to advance his own situation, placing expediency above principle.
(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.
bourgeois gentilhomme (French)
would-be gentleman
newly-rich
new-money
Persons or families that have recently become wealthy.
In Marxist theory, a member of the property-owning class; a capitalist.
Someone who tries to improve their social standing, especially by means of obsequious behaviour
Find another word for upstart. In this page you can discover 27 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for upstart, like: adventurer, parvenu, snob, pretender, new rich, status seeker, opportunist, nouveau-riche, bourgeois gentilhomme (French), would-be gentleman and newly-rich.