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UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈʌpstɑː^rt/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈʌpˌstɑrt/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(n., adj. up′stärt′; v. up stärt′)

upstart
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Synonyms:

parvenu, snob Collocations, pretender, new rich, status seeker, nouveau riche, bourgeois gentilhomme (French), would-be gentleman, newly rich, new money, bourgeois, social climber, arriviste, bourgeois gentilhomme, fledgling, gatecrasher, greenhorn, ground-ling, guttersnipe, name-dropper, new arrival, new boy, newcomer, newly-rich, nobody Collocations, nouveau roturier, nouveau-riche, outsider Collocations, parvenue, peasant Collocations, rookie, roturier, smart aleck, smart-ass, smarty, smarty-pants, spring up, sprout Collocations, spurt Collocations, squatter, surface Collocations, swaggerer, tenderfoot, whippersnapper, wise guy, wise-ass, yokel, socialite

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