Synonyms for parvenu
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
A person who has risen, climbed up, or has been promoted to a higher social class, especially through acquisition of wealth, privileges, or political authority but has not gained social acceptance by those within that new class.
Forms
- Plural
- parvenus → upstarts, arrivistes, mushrooms, upsprings…
Example sentences
- upstart The upstart tried to pass for a man of culture.
- mushroom I don't like mushroom soup and Tom doesn't either.
By length
- 7 letters
- upstart2
- 8 letters
- mushroom2, upspring
- 9 letters
- arriviste
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (upstart2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- parvenu
- Español
- advenedizo
- Deutsch
- Emporkömmling