new-rich
Recently moneyed person
New-rich describes people who have recently acquired wealth, typically with the implication that they lack the refinement or taste associated with old money.
The term carries a faint sneer—suggesting flashy spending, social climbing, or gauche behavior: The new-rich neighbors built a mansion twice the size of any other house on the street.
Essentially synonymous with nouveau riche.
Graceless new-money type
- upstartArrogant recent success
- social climberOne pursuing higher status
- arrivisteAmbitious social newcomer
- pretentiousFalsely grand or important
ostentatious · flashy · gaudy · tasteless · vulgar · crass · showy · conspicuous consumption
Large, stately home
- luxury carExpensive, high-end automobile
- designer brandsPrestigious fashion house names
- blingShowy expensive jewelry
- McMansionOstentatious mass-produced dwelling
brand logos · yacht · sports car · penthouse · gold plated · extravagance · opulence · excess
Unanticipated lucky gain
- fortuneWealth or destiny
- overnight successRapid rise to fame
- lottery winnerOne chosen by chance
- boomLoud deep sound
prosperity · affluence · jackpot · moneyed · loaded · flush · well-heeled · comfortable
Member of small ruling class
- tycoonDominant industrial leader
- mogulInfluential industry leader
- magnateWealthy business leader
- robber baronUnscrupulous wealthy industrialist
industrialist · tech bro · real estate developer · gilded · economic elite · wealth transfer · self-made millionaire
parvenu
Graceless new-money type
- upstartArrogant recent success
- social climberOne pursuing higher status
- arrivisteAmbitious social newcomer
pretentious · ostentatious · flashy · gaudy · tasteless · vulgar · crass · showy · conspicuous consumption · name dropping
mansion
Large, stately home
- luxury carExpensive, high-end automobile
- designer brandsPrestigious fashion house names
- blingShowy expensive jewelry
McMansion · brand logos · yacht · sports car · penthouse · gold plated · extravagance · opulence · excess · trophy wife
windfall
Unanticipated lucky gain
- fortuneWealth or destiny
- overnight successRapid rise to fame
- lottery winnerOne chosen by chance
boom · prosperity · affluence · jackpot · moneyed · loaded · flush · well-heeled · comfortable · rolling in it
oligarch
Member of small ruling class
robber baron · industrialist · tech bro · real estate developer · gilded · economic elite · wealth transfer · self-made millionaire
new-richold money
Long-established family fortune
generational wealth · dynastic wealth · patrician · blue blood · landed gentry
new-richaristocrat
Person of noble birth
patrician · blue-blooded · well-bred · to the manor born · old-line
new-richpoor
Lacking sufficient resources
impoverished · destitute · penniless · broke · working-class