climber
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- noun
- /ˈklaɪmər/
- Offensive
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- Like Matilda, Maupassant was a social climber.
- social climber
Meghan Markle is at her essence, OK, a climber.
- Meghan Markle is at her essence, OK, a climber.
- Narcissistic people are social climbers, lain and simple.
Examples
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He often attends exclusive parties, hoping to impress influential people, as he's quite the social climber.
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You wouldn't want these folks realizing you're a crook, not a social climber.
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I had thought her a mere social climber.
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How would a pretentious little climber like you know that ?
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Social climbers on the rise.
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Mostly, these folks are shallow social climbers, and who needs them anyway?
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Narcissistic people are social climbers, plain and simple.
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The surrealists were just a lot of social climbers.
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Oh, yes, all that talk about being a pathetic social climber who's failed at everything... - he's tried.
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Actually, reporters are the worst sorts of social climbers, so I would take this story with a grain of salt.
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Synonyms
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A person who praises someone in power to get an advantage
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A person who tries to join richer, more powerful people to gain higher status
Antonyms
Compounds
- Offensive
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A person who tries to join richer, more powerful people to gain higher status
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A person who goes up steep rocks or artificial walls using hands and feet for sport
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word climber comes from the verb climb, which means 'to go up', and people began to call someone a climber when they try to move up in society. So a social climber is a person who works to rise in status or win favour with important people.