Upstart

What do we mean by upstart?

A person of humble origin who attains sudden wealth, power, or importance, especially one made immodest or presumptuous by the change; a parvenu. noun

Suddenly raised to a position of consequence. adjective

Self-important; presumptuous. adjective

To spring or start up suddenly. intransitive verb

One who or that which starts or springs up suddenly; specifically, a person who suddenly rises from a humble position to wealth, power, or consequence; a parvenu. noun

One who assumes a lofty or arrogant tone. noun

A puddle made by the hoofs of horses in clayey ground. Halliwell. The meadow-saffron, Colchicum autumnale, whose flowers spring up suddenly without leaves. noun

Starting up suddenly; quickly rising.

Suddenly raised to prominence or consequence; parvenu: as, “a race of upstart creatures,”

Characteristic of a parvenu; new and pretentious.

To start or spring up suddenly.

To start or spring up suddenly. intransitive verb

One who has risen suddenly, as from low life to wealth, power, or honor; a parvenu. noun

The meadow saffron. noun

Suddenly raised to prominence or consequence. adjective

One who has suddenly gained wealth, power, or other prominence, but either has not received social acceptance or has become arrogant or presumptuous. noun

Self-important and presumptuous adjective

To rise suddenly, to spring verb

An arrogant or presumptuous person noun

A gymnastic exercise performed starting from a position with the legs over the upper body and moving to an erect position by arching the back and swinging the legs out and down while forcing the chest upright noun

One who has suddenly gained wealth, power, or other prominence, but either has not received social acceptance or has become arrogant or presumptuous.

The meadow saffron.

Words that are spelled similarly to upstart:
upstart, upstare.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word upstart:
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Words that rhyme with upstart:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe upstart:
young, little, mere, vulgar, corsican, insolent, ambitious, social, arrogant, impudent, political, foreign, ignorant, brash, proud, rich, conceited, presumptuous, born, impertinent, unknown, hateful, plebeian, modern, dangerous, military, sleek, irish, pitiful, beggarly, relative, youthful, wretched, successful, damned, uneducated, italian, wealthy, bloody, purseproud, bold, vile, juvenile, class, pretentious, austrian, provincial, illegitimate, bred, vain, revolutionary, literary, silly, intellectual, pestilent, radical, mean, ungrateful, faced, coarse, contemptible, barbarian, miserable, bumptious, rebellious, capitalist, lucky, wicked, prosperous, famous, treacherous, fortunate, colonial, brilliant, cocky, insignificant.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective upstart:
crow, nation, insolence, pride, family, rival, companies, astrologer, republic, families, passions, competitors, dynasty, adventurer, inexperience, wealth, prince, rivals, party, governments, cities, kings, intruder, leader, religion, ratio, generals, usurper, state, servant, bourgeoisie, thing, ruler, company, towns, empire, unthrifts, neighbors, challenger, firms, neighbours, vassal, kingdom, community, groups, nobility, country, favourite, sects, merchants, entrepreneurs, officers, sort, pretensions, crows, leaders, god, prophet, aristocracy, colony, master, nations, monarch, son, conqueror, parricide, weeds, spirit, vulgarity, arrogance, foreigners, tyranny, outsider, authority, princes, politicians, adventurers, usurpers, ministers, chieftain, oaks, medium, town, gentility, rulers, impudence, commissioners, sovereign, greatness, institution, estate, communities, ports, intruders, youth, interloper.

Words that sound like upstart:
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