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Someone seeking social prominence by obsequious behavior.
climber
1
While his wife was a
social
climber
he was exactly the opposite.
2
She's such a
social
climber
-
at
least
she strikes me that way.
3
She's a
social
climber
;
bound to get there from the start.
4
I gather your father is bankrupt and your mother a contemptible
social
climber
.
5
She's a petty
social
climber
who never forgave herself for settling on second best.
6
Eribon is nothing if not an academic and
social
climber
of the highest order.
7
I'm not a
social
climber
,
if that's what you think.
8
A strange young
social
climber
woman enters his circle.
9
Alois was the first
social
climber
in his family.
10
They probably thought me a ghastly little
social
climber
:
a low-grade Gatsby in garish shirts.
11
Even from the likes of this repulsive
social
climber
.
12
Soon he weds Dita, a chilly
social
climber
.
13
She is purely and discreetly a
social
climber
.
14
The young man is pleasant enough, but the father is quite the
social
climber
,
don't you think?
15
Mrs. Simms herself was of a nondescript type, not a real personage, clever, good-looking, tasteful, a
social
climber
.
16
Brianna and Sandy whispered rudely and, in the course of dinner, hammered every other
social
climber
in the crowd.
social
climber
social