arriviste
Ambitious status seeker
An arriviste is someone who has recently gained wealth, status, or success and is eager to be accepted by established social circles, often in ways that seem pushy or tasteless to those already there.
The term carries a whiff of disapproval, suggesting the person lacks the refinement or breeding that supposedly comes with old money or long-standing prestige.
The old families viewed him as an arriviste who bought his way into their world.
Graceless new-money type
- climberOne who scales
- name-dropperOne who flaunts associations
- gatecrasherUninvited event attendee
- schmoozerOne who ingratiates strategically
ingratiator · networker · opportunist · hanger-on · sycophant · toady · flatterer · bootlicker
Inexperienced beginner
Presumptuous young person
- interloperOne who enters uninvited
- usurperIllegal power seizer
- pretenderIllegitimate claimant to power
- overreacherOne who aims beyond capacity
intruder · outsider · challenger · encroacher · infiltrator · adventurer · pushy · brash
One who works diligently
- climberOne who scales
- go-getterAmbitious, driven person
- self-madeSuccessful through own efforts
- drivenIntensely determined to achieve
aspirant · hungry · determined · aggressive · enterprising · ambitious · eager · ruthless
Showily excessive
- affectedArtificially contrived behavior
- pompousAffectedly grand in manner
- showyExcessively eye-catching
- grandiosePretentiously impressive in scale
snobbish · haughty · vainglorious · self-important · highfalutin · gaudy · flashy · tasteless
parvenu
Graceless new-money type
- climberOne who scales
- name-dropperOne who flaunts associations
- gatecrasherUninvited event attendee
schmoozer · ingratiator · networker · opportunist · hanger-on · sycophant · toady · flatterer · bootlicker · self-promoter
neophyte
Inexperienced beginner
- noviceInexperienced newcomer to field
- outsiderOne excluded from group
- latecomerPerson arriving past time
entrant · incomer · parvenu · unfamiliar · unestablished
whippersnapper
Presumptuous young person
- interloperOne who enters uninvited
- usurperIllegal power seizer
- pretenderIllegitimate claimant to power
overreacher · intruder · outsider · challenger · encroacher · infiltrator · adventurer · pushy · brash · presumptuous
striver
One who works diligently
driven · aspirant · hungry · determined · aggressive · enterprising · ambitious · eager · ruthless · calculating
ostentatious
Showily excessive
- affectedArtificially contrived behavior
- pompousAffectedly grand in manner
- showyExcessively eye-catching
grandiose · snobbish · haughty · vainglorious · self-important · highfalutin · gaudy · flashy · tasteless · vulgar
millionaire
Person possessing great wealth
plutocrat · luxury · opulence · mansion · yacht · ostentation · extravagance · bling · gilded · moneyed
arrivistearistocrat
Person of noble birth
blue blood · old money · patrician · old guard · hereditary nobility
arrivisteunambitious
Lacking desire for achievement
unassuming · unpretentious · humble · modest · self-effacing