Definitions For Parvenu

noun

  • A person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class
  • A person from usually a low social position who has recently or suddenly become wealthy, powerful, or successful but who is not accepted by other wealthy, powerful, and successful people

adjective

  • Of or characteristic of a parvenu
  • Characteristic of someone who has risen economically or socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this new position

Is Parvenu a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
12
Words with Friends
16

The word Parvenu is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Parvenu in a Sentence

  • The kind of trophy house that a parvenu buys to prove to people, and to himself, that he has indeed arrived

Synonyms for Parvenu

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