| Noun | 1. | parvenu - a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that classjunior - term of address for a disrespectful and annoying male; "look here, junior, it's none of your business" | |
| Adj. | 1. | parvenu - characteristic of someone who has risen economically or socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this new positionpretentious - making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction; "a pretentious country house"; "a pretentious fraud"; "a pretentious scholarly edition" | |
| 2. | parvenu - of or characteristic of a parvenunew - not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered; "a new law"; "new cars"; "a new comet"; "a new friend"; "a new year"; "the New World" | |