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upwardly mobile

upwardly mobile adjective: likely to advance in economic or social standing.

Adjective

upwardly mobile (comparative more upwardly mobile, superlative most upwardly mobile)

  1. Likely to advance in economic or social standing.
    • Still, at least the venue was appropriate: Lettice had hired out the long, dusty salon that formed the first-storey salesroom of an upmarket architectural salvage business. It was here young and upwardly-mobile couples came to browse among the mouldings, entablatures, pilasters and ironwork of the...2015 July 26, Will Self, “Original short story: Architectural Salvage, by Will Self”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
    Synonyms:
    bourgeois

Synonyms of upwardly mobile

Forms of upwardly mobile

comparativemore upwardly mobile
superlativemost upwardly mobile

Words formed from upwardly mobile

Questions about upwardly mobile

What does upwardly mobile mean?
Upwardly mobile means likely to advance in economic or social standing.
What part of speech is upwardly mobile?
Upwardly mobile is an adjective.

Words near upwardly mobile in the dictionary

  1. upward spiral
  2. upward spirals
  3. upward-facing dog
  4. upward-facing dogs
  5. upwardly
  6. upwardly mobile
  7. upwardness
  8. upwardnesses
  9. upwards
  10. upwards of
  11. upwarp

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