Synonyms of the word upstart


UPSTARTARRIVISTE - KIP - PARVENU - PARVENUE - PRETENTIOUS

upstart

  • n. One who has suddenly gained wealth, power, or other prominence, but either has not received social acceptance…
  • n. The meadow saffron.
  • adj. self-important and presumptuous.
  • v. to rise suddenly, to spring.

arriviste

  • n. upstart, newcomer, late arrival, nouveau riche, parvenu, generally characterised as an ambitious, brash…

kip

  • n. The untanned hide of a young or small beast, such as a calf, lamb, or young goat.
  • n. A bundle or set of such hides.
  • n. (obsolete) A unit of count for skins, 30 for lamb and 50 for goat.
  • n. The leather made from such hide; kip leather.
  • n. (informal, chiefly UK) A place to sleep; a rooming house; a bed.
  • n. (informal, chiefly UK) Sleep, snooze, nap, forty winks, doze.
  • n. (informal, chiefly UK) A very untidy house or room.
  • n. (informal, chiefly UK, dated) A brothel.
  • v. (informal, chiefly UK) To sleep; often with the connotation of a temporary or charitable situation, or…
  • v. (transitive, dialectal, Scotland) To snatch; take up hastily; filch.
  • v. (intransitive, obsolete) To hold or keep (together).
  • v. (intransitive, obsolete) To conduct oneself; act.
  • n. A unit of force equal to 1000 pounds-force (lbf) (4.44822 kilonewtons or 4448.22 newtons); occasionally…
  • n. A unit of weight, used, for example, to calculate shipping charges, equal to half a US ton, or 1000 pounds.
  • n. (rare, nonstandard) A unit of mass equal to 1000 avoirdupois pounds.
  • n. The unit of currency in Laos, divided into 100 att, symbol ₭, abbreviation LAK.
  • n. (gymnastics) A basic skill or maneuver in artistic gymnastics on the uneven bars, parallel bars, high…
  • n. (Australia, games, two-up) A piece of flat wood used to throw the coins in a game of two-up.
  • n. (Scotland) A sharp-pointed hill; a projecting point, as on a hill.

parvenu

  • n. A person who has risen, climbed up, or has been promoted to a higher social class, especially through…
  • adj. Being a parvenu; also, like, having the characteristics of, or associated with a parvenu.

parvenue

  • n. feminine equivalent of parvenu.

pretentious

  • adj. Marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction.
  • adj. Ostentatious; intended to impress others.

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