Thesaurus results for NOUVEAU RICHE

nouveau riche

noun

ˌnü-ˌvō-ˈrēsh

as in parvenu

one who has recently acquired wealth and social position a nouveau riche who is reportedly using his money to buy his way into Palm Beach society

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Recent Examples of nouveau riche If the digital nouveau riche have sufficient discretionary income to unseat the coupon-clipping linear-TV gang, all that outsized buying power may not necessarily translate to a full-on tech takeover. —

Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 18 Mar. 2026 Trouble begins brewing with the arrival of their nouveau riche neighbors, Edgar Linton (Shazad Latif), and his ward, Isabella (Alison Oliver). —

Radhika Seth, Vogue, 9 Feb. 2026 As nouveau riche neighbor Yermolái (Lance Gardner) tries to impress upon the profligate Liubóv that her property is in arrears and about to be auctioned off, the rules and tone of their world still seem unsettled under the direction of Carey Perloff. —

Theater Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Feb. 2026 For decades, when most people thought about Baden-Baden, the image that likely came to mind was that of a rather stuffy luxury resort where wealthy seniors shared the town with nouveau riche newcomers. —

Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for nouveau riche

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Noun

Spurrier, who predominantly sold French vintages, wasn’t expecting anything other than a trouncing for the parvenu.

— Charlie Campbell, Time, 25 May 2026
In 1952, backed by little more than his reputation as a war hero and a fortune staked by his parvenu father, 35-year-old John F. Kennedy swiped a Senate seat from Republican Henry Cabot Lodge, himself a wealthy combat veteran.

— Kevin Mahnken, The New Republic, 1 Sep. 2020