English Explanatory Dictionary

social climber

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One who tries to improve his or her social status, especially by means of obsequious behaviour.

Word forms

social climber social climbers

Related words

socialite social ladder social mobility corporate ladder economic mobility marry up monkey-branch pecking order upwardly mobile upward mobility
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