Synonyms of upstarts

upstarts

noun

plural of upstart

as in arrivistes

one who has recently acquired wealth and social position

having made their money in oil decades ago, they consider these billionaire dot-commers mere upstarts

Synonyms & Similar Words

• arrivistes
• parvenus
• adventurers
• comers
• nouveaux riches
• snobs
• nabobs
• moneybags
• social climbers
• arrivés
• fat cats

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of upstarts

The channel has overhauled its lineup and inked content deals with upstarts like Crooked Media in order to reach beyond its base. — Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 19 Aug. 2026

Yesterday’s punk, grunge, and rebel-outsider upstarts have an uncanny way of evolving into today’s elder statesmen of respectable infamy. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 17 Aug. 2026

Andreessen Horowitz has poured billions into AI upstarts, including backing companies like coding startup Cursor, which was just acquired by SpaceX and voice AI company ElevenLabs. — Josh Sisco, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2026

Good luck drawing a crowd of that magnitude every other week via one of the digital upstarts. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 31 July 2026

Argentina, the reigning world champions and heavy favorite, needed extra time to beat the upstarts in their first World Cup, but not before Cape Verde’s Sidny Lopes Cabral scored an incredible extra-time goal and ran into the crowd to celebrate. — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 20 July 2026

Pennington is also using her firm’s resources to turn some of the AI upstarts from rivals into allies. — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 10 July 2026

In December 2024, Honda and Nissan announced a roughly $60 billion merger meant to merge into the world's third-largest carmaker and take on Tesla and the Chinese EV upstarts. — Mushfig Aliyev, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

Founded in Georgia in 2022, LIV is among the younger upstarts looking to disrupt an American RV establishment known to lean too heavily on cheap stick-and-tin constructions. — New Atlas, 1 July 2026