Term Gallery logo

Meanings of nouveau riche in English

Russian
парвеню
Spanish
nuevo rico
Catalan
nou ric

Wealthy person whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who is therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy.

        Related terms
        парвеню

        The class of nouveau riche people.

              Usage of nouveau riche in English
              1
              Competitors feel nouveau riche by comparison, trying too hard to fit in.
              BBC
              2
              The table groaned, as it was supposed to, with nouveau riche abundance.
              Melnitz
              3
              And like all the nouveau riche, he went on a giddy splurge.
              The capitol game
              4
              He had spent the go-go eighties hanging out with nouveau riche celebrities.
              The girl who kicked the hornet's nest
              5
              The nouveau riche were once disparaged by those who had inherited their money.
              The Guardian
              6
              He's the type of nouveau riche who thinks money's for show.
              Nothing in her way
              7
              Some Mozart can make Beethoven sound like a nouveau riche.
              The Irish Times
              8
              Either way, making a ton of money off the nouveau riche is an easy call.
              Reuters
              9
              A century ago, the nouveau riche were disparaged by those who had inherited their money.
              The Guardian
              10
              The nouveau riche are invading all the old neighborhoods.
              Goodbye dolly
              11
              It stands as a monument to the crassness and nouveau riche aspirations of today's Irish society.
              The Irish Times
              12
              Pine forests are being plundered as Russia's nouveau riche build turreted mansions for weekend country living.
              The Irish Times
              13
              Warsaw is packed full of Poland's nouveau riche, who work very hard and play even harder.
              The Guardian
              14
              Though rugged, he was not uncouth, and there was nothing of the nouveau riche about him.
              The Judgment House
              15
              Valmorain avoided any ostentation in decorating the house, for that was a sign of being nouveau riche.
              Island beneath the sea
              16
              The house was evidently of the " nouveau riche" type.
              "Contemptible", by "Casualty"
              This collocation consists of:
              Translations for nouveau riche
              Spanish
              nuevo rico
              Catalan
              nou ric
              Nouveau riche through the time
              Nouveau riche across language varieties
              United Kingdom
              Common