upstart

upstart is a 7-letter English word with 8 senses as intransitive verb, noun, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To start or spring up suddenly. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To start or spring up suddenly.
2. noun. One who has risen suddenly, as from low life to wealth, power, or honor; a parvenu.
3. noun. The meadow saffron.
4. adjective. Suddenly raised to prominence or consequence.
5. noun. a gymnastic exercise performed starting from a position with the legs over the upper body and moving to an erect position by arching the back and swinging the legs out and down while forcing the chest upright

   Synonyms: kip

6. noun. a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class

   Synonyms: arriviste, parvenu

7. noun. an arrogant or presumptuous person
8. adjective. characteristic of someone who has risen economically or socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this new position

   Synonyms: parvenu, parvenue

Synonyms

kip, arriviste, parvenu, parvenue

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in upstart:

startup

Common word forms

upstarts, upstarted, upstarting, upstartness

Words from these letters

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