nouveau-riche
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class
Types & categories
- unpleasant person hypernym
- social climber hyponym
- junior hyponym
Related & opposite
- parvenu derivation
Sense 2 adjective
characteristic of someone who has risen economically or socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this new position
Related & opposite
- parvenu derivation
- pretentious similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | parvenu |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | unpleasant person |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | social climber |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | junior |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | parvenu |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | pretentious |