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View usage for: Definition a person who has become wealthy recently and is regarded as vulgar The nouveau riche have to find a way of being accepted.the gaudy mansions Shaw built for the nouveaux riches in the late 19th century The countryside is changing and nouveau riche people are moving in. Synonyms arriviste upstartnewly-rich Additional synonymsDefinition a person newly risen to a position of power or wealth who is considered to lack culture or education the parvenu's snobbish desire to be linked with celebrities Synonyms upstart, nouveau riche, social climber, arrivisteHe's just a parvenu entrepreneur. Synonyms upstart, nouveau richeDefinition a person who has risen suddenly to a position of power and behaves arrogantly an upstart who had come from nowhere Synonyms social climber, nobody, nouveau riche, parvenu, arriviste, non-person, status seeker Nearby words ofnouveau riche - nourish
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(nuːvoʊ riːʃ) also nouveau-riche Word forms: plural nouveau riche, plural nouveaux riches1. plural nounThe nouveaux riches are people who have only recently become rich and who have tastes and manners that some people consider vulgar. [disapproval] The nouveau riche have to find a way to be accepted. Synonyms: arriviste, upstart, new-rich, parvenu More Synonyms of nouveau riche 2. adjectiveNouveau-riche means belonging or relating to the nouveaux riches. [disapproval] ...critics who did not appreciate his nouveau-riche taste. Synonyms: arriviste, upstart, newly-rich, parvenu More Synonyms of nouveau riche nouveau riche in British English (ˌnuːvəʊ ˈriːʃ, French nuvo riʃ) nounWord forms: plural nouveaux riches (ˌnuːvəʊ ˈriːʃ, French nuvo riʃ)1. (often plural) a person who has acquired wealth recently and is regarded as vulgarly ostentatious or lacking in social graces adjective2. of or characteristic of the nouveaux riches Word origin French, literally: new rich nouveau riche in American English (ˌnuvoʊˈriʃ) Word forms: plural ˌnouˈveaux riches (ˌnuvoʊˈriʃ) a person who has only recently become rich often connoting tasteless ostentation, lack of culture, etc. Word origin Fr, newly rich Synonyms of 'nouveau riche'arriviste, upstart, new-rich, parvenu arriviste, upstart, newly-rich, parvenu More Synonyms of nouveau riche |