The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word PARVENU , but the solution may also be ARRIVISTE which is one of the most recent solution (2015 in Boston Globe).
Upstart crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PARVENU | 23 % | 7 |
| SNIP | 23 % | 4 |
| SNOB | 23 % | 4 |
| SCAMP | 15 % | 5 |
| ARRIVISTE | 15 % | 9 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Upstart
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- parvenu
- pretentious
- nouveau-riche
- parvenue
- fledgling
- newcomer
- plucky
- wunderkind
- nascent
- arriviste
- venerable
- renegade
Crossword Answer definitions
PARVENU noun- A person who has risen, climbed up, or has been promoted to a higher social class, especially through acquisition of wealth, rights, or political authority but has not gained social acceptance by those within that new class.
- Being a parvenu; also, like, having the characteristics of, or associated with a parvenu.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result PARVENU
- One of the nouveaux riches
- Society neophyte
- Awkward newcomer to success
- Nouveau riche
- Social climber
- Aspiring climber
- Nouveau riche.
- Upstart.
- Upstart
- Upwardly mobile type
More clues leading to the result SNIP
- Cut coupons
- Do a tonsorial task
- Impertinent one
- Quick cut
- Do some coupon-cutting
- Follow the dotted line, perhaps
- Small cut
- Barber's cut
- Cut into
- Get coupons
More clues leading to the result SNOB
- High-nosed one
- Snooty one
- Kind of appeal
- Elitist
- Highbrow
- Pretentious person
- Stuck-up one
- Uppity type
- Reverse ___
- Hoity-toity type
More clues leading to the result SCAMP
- Prankster
- Rascal
- Mischievous one
- Rogue
- Little rascal
- Scalawag
- Roguish sort
- Disney dog
- Rapscallion
- Caddish sort