upstartnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈʌp.stɑːt/us/ˈʌp.stɑːrt/upstart noun [ C ] (PERSON)
disapproving a person, especially a young one, who has suddenly got power or an important position and takes advantage of this in an unpleasant way
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Organizations - position & status
- a rung on/of the ladder idiom
- apparatchik
- associate
- back seat
- be a big fish in a small pond idiom
- betters 2
- brethren
- comrade
- elite
- entry-level
- equal
- fellow
- low-level
- position
- pretender
- role
- second class
- senior
- standing
- subordinate
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upstart noun [ C ] (BUSINESS)
a new competitor:
Larger drug companies are buying up many of the upstart companies.
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Inexperienced people and lack of experience
- apprentice
- beginner
- blind
- dilettante
- freshman
- functional illiterate
- greenhorn
- know
- layman
- laywoman
- lightweight
- neophyte
- newcomer
- probationer
- rookie
- stranger
- the blind leading the blind idiom
- the uninitiated
- virgin
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