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parvenu
 
Adjective parvenu has 2 senses
  1. nouveau-riche, parvenu, parvenue, upstart - characteristic of someone who has risen economically or socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this new position
    Antonym: unpretentious (indirect, via pretentious)
  2. parvenu, parvenue - of or characteristic of a parvenu
    Antonym: old (indirect, via new)
Noun parvenu has 1 sense
  1. upstart, parvenu, nouveau-riche, arriviste - a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class
    --1 is a kind of unpleasant person, disagreeable person
    --1 has particulars: social climber, climber; junior
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