name dropper
Association-flaunting conversationalist
A name dropper is someone who mentions famous or important people they know—or claim to know—to impress others.
The practice implies social climbing or insecurity: He's such a name dropper, always talking about his celebrity friends.
The behavior is name dropping.
Excessive self-praise
- show-offOne who flaunts
- self-aggrandizingExalting one's own status
- grandstandingPerforming to impress onlookers
- flauntDisplay to provoke envy
swagger · humble-brag · one-upmanship · pompous · ostentatious · vainglorious · blowhard · braggart
Informal power or punch
- prestigeReputation commanding admiration
- cachetRespected status or appeal
- influencePower to affect others
- celebrityWidely recognized public figure
VIPs · elites · glitterati · jet-set · prominent · powerful · insider · well-connected
Casual strategic socializing
- minglingCasual social interaction
- socializingEngaging with others recreationally
- connectionsRelationships between things
- contactsPeople you know professionally
working the room · glad-handing · social climbing · hobnobbing · cultivating · leveraging · associating · introducing
Needing external confirmation of worth
- overcompensationExcessive counterbalancing reaction
- approval-seekingDesiring others' favorable opinion
- attention-seekingCraving others' focus
- impostor syndromeFeeling undeserving of success
inferiority · self-doubt · inadequacy · neediness · anxiety · desperation · vulnerability · comparison
boasting
Excessive self-praise
- show-offOne who flaunts
- self-aggrandizingExalting one's own status
- grandstandingPerforming to impress onlookers
flaunt · swagger · humble-brag · one-upmanship · pompous · ostentatious · vainglorious · blowhard · braggart · pretentious
clout
Informal power or punch
- prestigeReputation commanding admiration
- cachetRespected status or appeal
- influencePower to affect others
celebrity · VIPs · elites · glitterati · jet-set · prominent · powerful · insider · well-connected · A-list
schmoozing
Casual strategic socializing
- minglingCasual social interaction
- socializingEngaging with others recreationally
- connectionsRelationships between things
contacts · working the room · glad-handing · social climbing · hobnobbing · cultivating · leveraging · associating · introducing · referring
validation-seeking
Needing external confirmation of worth
- overcompensationExcessive counterbalancing reaction
- approval-seekingDesiring others' favorable opinion
- attention-seekingCraving others' focus
impostor syndrome · inferiority · self-doubt · inadequacy · neediness · anxiety · desperation · vulnerability · comparison · defensiveness
- showoffsshowoff, show-off, braggart, bragger, boaster
- snobssnob, elitist, snoot, prig, highbrow
- talkerstalker, chatterbox, motormouth, motor-mouth, loudmouth
- arrogancearrogant, conceited, pompous, vain, haughty
- blabbermouthsblabbermouth, gossipmonger, rumormonger, scandalmonger, talebearer
- deceiversliar, liars, deceiver, fraud, fake
name dropperprivate person
One who values solitude
confidant · vault · keeper of secrets · professional · loyalist
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