Related Words for upstart

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pretentious
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Adjective
fledgling
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Noun
newcomer
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Noun
plucky
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Adjective
nascent
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Adjective
venerable
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Noun
renegade
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Noun
competitor
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Noun
rival
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Noun
challenger
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Noun
maverick
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Noun
fellow
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Noun
hotshot
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Noun
juggernaut
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Noun
inexperienced
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Adjective
interloper
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Noun
indie
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Noun
scrappy
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Adjective
firebrand
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Noun
headstrong
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Adjective
powerhouse
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Noun
wannabe
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Noun
budding
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Verb
erstwhile
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Noun
outsider
x/x
Noun
underdog
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Noun
resurgent
x/x
Noun
pretender
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Noun
stalwart
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Noun
incumbent
x/x
Noun
lowly
/x
Adjective
wily
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Adjective
homegrown
//
Noun
feisty
/x
Adjective
behemoth
x/x
Noun
leader
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Noun
burgeoning
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Verb
offshoot
/x
Noun
lackey
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Noun
intrepid
x/x
Noun
compatriot
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Noun
impudent
x/x
Adjective
impresario
xx/xx
Noun
embattled
x/x
Adjective
emerging
x/x
Verb
establishment
x/xx
Noun
fledging
/x
Noun
adversary
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Noun
savvy
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Noun
startup
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Noun
hapless
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Adjective
disgruntled
x/x
Adjective
aspirant
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Noun
upper
/x
Noun
usurper
x/x
Noun
ascendant
x/x
Noun
superstar
xx/
Noun
social climber
/x/x
Name, Name
affluent
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Adjective
entrepreneur
xxx/
Noun
entrant
/x
Noun
wealthy
/x
Adjective
have
/
Verb
magnate
/x
Noun
adventurer
x/xx
Noun
crown prince
//
Phrase, Noun
baron
/x
Noun
swell
/
Noun
heir presumptive
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
tycoon
x/
Noun
opportunist
xx/x
Noun
pauper
/x
Noun
royalty
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Noun
upper class
/x/
Phrase, Noun
number one
/x/
Phrase, Adjective, Noun
fortune hunter
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
big shot
//
Name, Name
captain of industry
/x//xx
Phrase, Noun
high roller
//x
Phrase, Noun
robber baron
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
heir
/
Noun
mogul
/x
Noun
prince
/
Noun
aristocrat
x/xx
Noun
dignitary
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Noun
brash
/
Adjective
corsican
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Adjective
insolence
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Noun
conceited
x/x
Adjective
presumptuous
x/xx
Adjective
insolent
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Adjective
impertinent
x/xx
Adjective
curse
/
Noun
arrogant
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Adjective
hateful
/x
Adjective
vulgar
/x
Adjective
parcel
/x
Noun
intrusion
x/x
Noun
sleek
/
Adjective
succumbed
x/
Verb
despised
x/
Verb
crush
/
Verb
uneducated
x/xxx
Adjective
dared
/
Verb
contempt
x/
Noun
ignorant
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Adjective
ambitious
x/x
Adjective
resented
x/x
Verb
something
/x
Noun
regarded
x/x
Verb
young
/
Adjective
hated
/x
Verb
nation
/x
Noun
youthful
/x
Adjective
austrian
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Adjective
company
/xx
Noun
mere
/
Adjective
hands
/
Noun
trying
/x
Verb
named
/
Verb
building
/x
Noun
dismissed
x/
Verb
nothing
/x
Noun
viewed
/
Verb
dangerous
/xx
Adjective
city
/x
Noun
class
/
Noun
unknown
x/
Adjective
irish
/x
Adjective
provincial
x/x
Adjective
teach
/
Verb
man
/
Noun
considered
x/x
Verb
looked
/
Verb
little
/x
Adjective
rich
/
Adjective
family
/xx
Noun
power
/x
Noun
just
/
Adverb
apostate
x/x
Noun, Adjective
barbarian
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
bourgeois
x/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
bullies
/x
Noun, Verb
climber
/x
Noun, Verb
demagogue
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Noun, Verb
dispossessed
xx/
Adjective
exiled
/x
Adjective
hindu
/x
Name, Adjective
impostor
x/x
Noun
incapable
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
junior
/x
Adjective, Noun
mercantile
/xx
Adjective
moslem
/x
Name, Adjective
overthrown
xx/
Verb
quack
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
rascals
/x
Adjective
ruling
/x
Noun, Adjective
scoundrels
/x
Adjective
smart aleck
/x/
Name, Name
snobs
/
Noun, Verb
tailor
/x
Noun, Verb
vanquished
/x
Adjective
vassal
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
wise guy
//
Name, Name
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
get
/
Verb, Noun
save
/
Verb, Noun
fall
/
Verb, Noun
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
die
/
Verb, Noun
breakeven
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
tell
/
Verb, Noun
bundle
/x
Noun, Verb
stovepipe
/x
Noun, Verb