silver spoon
Wealthy infant's symbol
Silver spoon refers to wealth and privilege from birth, from the custom of giving silver spoons as christening gifts to children of wealthy families.
Someone born with a silver spoon in their mouth inherited advantages others must earn.
The phrase often carries a note of resentment or criticism—implying the person hasn't worked for what they have.
Entitlement from origin
- entitlementAssumed right to benefits
- advantageFavorable position or circumstance
- nepotismPreferring kin in hiring
- favoritismPreferential treatment of some
born into · head start · leg up · access · opportunity · connections · networking · doors open
birthright
Entitlement from origin
- entitlementAssumed right to benefits
- advantageFavorable position or circumstance
- nepotismPreferring kin in hiring
favoritism · born into · head start · leg up · access · opportunity · connections · networking · doors open · easy street
nobility
Titled ruling class
high society · upper class · elite · socialite · debutante · old money · pedigree · lineage · breeding · refinement
affluent
Having abundant financial resources
gilded · sumptuous · moneyed · well-to-do · rich · prosperous · manor · estate · servants · chauffeur
- silver
- social classupper class, middle class, lower class, working class, social class
- Wealthyrich, wealthy, affluent, affluence, wealth
- wealthy elitebillionaire, multimillionaire, millionaire, ultra-rich, affluent
- class labelsaristocrat, beggar, bourgeois, commoner, elite
- easy moneyeasy money, quick buck, fast cash, windfall, gravy train
silver spoonpoverty
Severe lack of resources
humble beginnings · rags · nothing · wrong side of the tracks · underprivileged
silver spoonself-made
Successful through own efforts
bootstraps · rags to riches · climbed the ladder · self-made man · self-made woman
silver, spoon, silvery, silverware, silvers, silvered, silvering, silversmith, silverfish