0
SpongeBarb Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

social climber

It seems that 'social climber' has a negative connotation. Is there a positive terminology for 'a person who attempts to improve her/his social standing' ?

Thanks.
  

Top answer

Perhaps not exactly what you need: a person of high aspirations achiever, high-achiever, doer

— Marius Hancu

  • Perhaps not exactly what you need: a person of high aspirations achiever, high-achiever, doer
Free · every Monday

Get the Weekly English Kit 📬

New words, one handy idiom, and a 2-minute quiz — delivered to your inbox to keep your streak alive.

7 Answers
0
Perhaps not exactly what you need:
a person of high aspirations
achiever, high-achiever, doer
0
0
You can have an "up-and-comer," someone who shows a lot of promise and who people think will do well. I think it's usually applied to professional, rather than social, success though.
0
0
I would think 'upwardly mobile' would have the meaning that you are asking.

This, of course, is extracted from the acronym, Yuppy, which stands for young, upwardly mobile professional.
0
0
"a man of made" may be used for that.
0
0
Hi anon,

Thanks for your contribution but you haven't got the idom quite right. It is a 'self-made man', not 'a man of made'.
0
0
Nona The BritHi anon,

Thanks for your contribution but you haven't got the idom quite right. It is a 'self-made man', not 'a man of made'.
Thank you, Nona, for clarifying this confusion.
0

Related Questions