All arriviste synonyms
ar·ri·viste
A a noun arriviste
- parvenu — a person who has recently or suddenly acquired wealth, importance, position, or the like, but has not yet developed the conventionally appropriate manners, dress, surroundings, etc.
- social climber — a person who attempts to gain admission into a group with a higher social standing.
- upstart — a person who has risen suddenly from a humble position to wealth, power, or a position of consequence.
- yuppie — a young, ambitious, and well-educated city-dweller who has a professional career and an affluent lifestyle.
- dink — Informal. either partner of a married couple having two incomes and no children.
- new money — money and wealth that has not been inherited
- profiteer — a person who seeks or exacts exorbitant profits, especially through the sale of scarce or rationed goods.
- vulgarian — a vulgar person, especially one whose vulgarity is the more conspicuous because of wealth, prominence, or pretensions to good breeding.