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View synonyms for social climber

social climber

noun

  1. a person who attempts to gain admission into a group with a higher social standing.


social climber

noun

  1. a person who seeks advancement to a higher social class, esp by obsequious behaviour Sometimes shortened toclimber
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • social climbing, noun
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Other Words From

  • social climbing noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of social climber1

First recorded in 1920–25
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Example Sentences

The outgoing president rails almost daily against reporters, the middle class, businessmen, social climbers and individualists.

What Glazer discovered at bedrock were not the lip-curling monsters of Hollywood’s Holocaust movies but social climbers looking to improve their status.

But with those social climbers called the D.C.

The season three episode “Chiantishire,” which takes place at Caroline’s wedding to an unabashed social climber, offers some insight into Shiv’s relationship with her mom.

A couple of manipulators, a couple of social climbers.

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