Word
nouveau-riche, adj.
characteristic of someone who has risen economically or socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this new position
<adj.all>
(a)
nouveau-riche
parvenu
parvenue
upstart
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
nouveau-riche
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
parvenu
semantic pointers
similar to
pretentious