parvenue

1. 1.

   characteristic of someone who has risen economically or socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this new position

   Synonymsnouveau-richeparvenuupstart

   Similarpretentious
2. 2.

   of or characteristic of a parvenu

   Synonymsparvenu

   Similarnew

Questions about parvenue

What does parvenue mean?

parvenue means "characteristic of someone who has risen economically or socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this new position". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in parvenue?

parvenue has 3 syllables and divides as par-ve-nue under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for parvenue?

Close synonyms include nouveau-riche, parvenu, upstart, parvenu. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is parvenue a common word?

parvenue is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.