snob
snob Lexical Profile
snob Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A person who has an exaggerated respect for high social position or wealth and who seeks to associate with social superiors while looking down on those regarded as socially inferior.
"Her neighbors dismissed her as a wealthy snob who refused to speak to anyone outside her exclusive country club."
A person who believes that their tastes in a particular area (such as art, wine, music, or literature) are superior to those of other people.
"He is a self-proclaimed coffee snob who insists on grinding his own imported beans every morning."
• Rhymes for snob
Word Origin & Etymology
First recorded in the late 18th century as British slang for a cobbler or shoemaker, the word soon came to mean a person of the lower classes, then someone who vulgarly apes their social superiors, and finally (popularized by William Makepeace Thackeray's 'The Book of Snobs' in 1848) one who looks down on those considered socially or culturally inferior.