| NOUN | person | upstart | an arrogant or presumptuous person |
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| person | 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 | |
| act | upstart, kip | 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 | |
| ADJECTIVE | all | upstart, nouveau-riche, parvenu, parvenue | characteristic of someone who has risen economically or socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this new position |
| Sounds | ah'pstaa.rt | |
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| Rhymes | apart ... tart: 37 rhymes with aart... | |
| Meaning | characteristic of someone who has risen economically or socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this new position. | |
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| Synonyms | nouveau-riche, parvenu, parvenue | |
| Broader | pretentious | making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction |
| Meaning | An arrogant or presumptuous person. | |
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| Narrower | wise guy, smart aleck, wiseacre, wisenheimer, weisenheimer | An upstart who makes conceited, sardonic, insolent comments |
| Broader | unpleasant person, disagreeable person | A person who is not pleasant or agreeable |
| Spanish | arrogante | |
| Catalan | arrogant | |
| Meaning | A person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class. | |
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| Synonyms | parvenu, nouveau-riche, arriviste | |
| Narrower | junior | Term of address for a disrespectful and annoying male |
| social climber, climber | someone seeking social prominence by obsequious behavior | |
| Broader | unpleasant person, disagreeable person | A person who is not pleasant or agreeable |
| Spanish | advenedizo, arribista, nouveau-riche, nuevo rico, nuevorico | |
| Catalan | nou-ric, nouveau-riche | |
| Meaning | 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. | |
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| Synonym | kip | |
| Broader | gymnastic exercise | (gymnastics) an exercise designed to develop and display strength and agility and balance (usually performed with or on some gymnastic apparatus) |
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