social climber

noun

: one who attempts to gain a higher social position or acceptance in fashionable society

social climbing noun

Examples of social climber in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Keith played conservative social climber Margo Leadbetter, who is baffled by her neighbor Tom's sustainability-centric lifestyle with wife Barbara Good (Felicity Kendal). — Edward Segarra, USA Today, 29 June 2026

The stories focused on portraying her as a calculating social climber who only pursued the president’s oldest son to gain access to his wealth, power and celebrity, the Daily Mail also said. — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 11 June 2026

One is a free or low-cost learning series about the composer-librettist pair, whose witty, tuneful works lampooned social climbers, the legal profession, the military, the class system and more. — Theater Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Feb. 2026

Set in 1969 Palm Beach, the Apple TV series follows Kristen Wiig’s Maxine Dellacorte-Simmons, a spry social climber eager to infiltrate high society. — Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 7 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1894, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for social climber

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Kids Definition

social climber

noun

: one who attempts to gain a higher social position or be accepted in fashionable society