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parvenue


 
  Overview  of  adj  parvenue 
 
  The  adj  parvenue  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  nouveau-riche,  parvenu,  parvenue,  upstart  --  (characteristic  of  someone  who  has  risen  economically  or  socially  but  lacks  the  social  skills  appropriate  for  this  new  position) 
  2.  parvenu,  parvenue  --  (of  or  characteristic  of  a  parvenu) 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  parvenue 
 
  2  senses  of  parvenue 
 
  Sense  1 
  nouveau-riche,  parvenu,  parvenue,  upstart(postnominal) 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  pretentious)  ->  unpretentious 
 
  Sense  2 
  parvenu,  parvenue 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  new)  ->  old 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  parvenue 
 
  2  senses  of  parvenue 
 
  Sense  1 
  nouveau-riche,  parvenu,  parvenue,  upstart(postnominal) 
  =>  pretentious  (vs.  unpretentious) 
 
  Sense  2 
  parvenu,  parvenue 
  =>  new  (vs.  old) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  parvenue 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  parvenue 
 
  parvenue  used  as  an  adjective  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  parvenue 
  parvenue 
 
  Overview  of  adj  parvenue 
 
  The  adj  parvenue  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  nouveau-riche,  parvenu,  parvenue,  upstart  --  (characteristic  of  someone  who  has  risen  economically  or  socially  but  lacks  the  social  skills  appropriate  for  this  new  position) 
  2.  parvenu,  parvenue  --  (of  or  characteristic  of  a  parvenu) 



parvenue definition