petit bourgeois

Questions about petit bourgeois

What does petit bourgeois mean?

petit bourgeois means "a member of the lower middle class". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for petit bourgeois?

Close synonyms include petite bourgeoisie, petty bourgeoisie. 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 petit bourgeois a common word?

petit bourgeois 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.