Parvenu

[n] a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class
[adj] of or characteristic of a parvenu
[adj] characteristic of someone who has risen economically or socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this new position

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Synonyms

new, nouveau-riche, nouveau-riche, parvenue, pretentious, upstart, upstart(a)

Related Terms

adventurer, arriviste, Babbitt, billionaire, bloated plutocrat, boor, bounder, bourgeois, bourgeois gentilhomme, bright young man, cad, capitalist, churl, clown, comer, Daddy Warbucks, emigrant, epicier, fat cat, fledgling, gate-crasher, greenhorn, ground