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Defenition of the word upstart

    • Defenition of the word upstart

      • Wealthy person whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who is therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy.
      • characteristic of someone who has risen economically or socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this new position
      • an arrogant or presumptuous person
      • a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class
      • a gymnastic exercise performed starting from a position with the legs over the upper body and moving to an errect position by arching the back and swinging the legs out and down while forcing the chest upright
      • a gymnastic exercise performed starting from a position with the legs over the upper body and moving to an erect position by arching the back and swinging the legs out and down while forcing the chest upright

    Synonyms for the word upstart

      • insignificant person
      • minion
      • nonentity
      • nouveau-riche
      • parvenu
      • parvenue
      • unknown

    Similar words in the upstart

      • pretentious
      • upstart
      • upstart's
      • upstarted
      • upstarting
      • upstarts

    Hyponyms for the word upstart

      • climber
      • junior
      • smart aleck
      • social climber
      • weisenheimer
      • wise guy
      • wiseacre
      • wisenheimer

    Hypernyms for the word upstart

      • disagreeable person
      • gymnastic exercise
      • unpleasant person

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