TubeTalk Pronunciation
How to pronounce “upstart”
Hear “upstart” in real YouTube speech, then study definitions and example sentence snippets.
Pronunciation guide for upstart
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of upstart with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- A new way to get every child ready for kindergarten
It's called UPSTART,
- Definition summary
- One who has suddenly gained wealth, power, or other prominence, but either has not received social acceptance or has become arrogant or presumptuous.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce upstart
A new way to get every child ready for kindergarten

It's called UPSTART,
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “upstart”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- One who has suddenly gained wealth, power, or other prominence, but either has not received social acceptance or has become arrogant or presumptuous.
- The meadow saffron.[1]
- [Adjective]
- Acting like a parvenu.
- Self-important and presumptuous.
- [Verb]
- To rise suddenly, to spring
Practice Nearby Words
parvenu, pretentious, nouveau-riche, parvenue, ascendant, ascent, big shot, oneupmanship, highflier, plutocrat, toast of the town, one up, one-upmanship, upper, mushroom millionaire, socialite, ascendency, upstat, superstatus, have, king of the castle, one-up-manship, higherup, leg up, gonnabe, highboy, swell, oner, man of the hour, one-upsmanship, potentate, show-off, anybody who is anybody, rags to riches, showoff, eminence, ascendance, leg up on, rooster, glow-up, bigshot, nabob, outshiner, aggrandizer, rags-to-riches, view from the top, unicorn hunter, upmanship, plutonomist, pompatus, boast, powermonger, have-all, big name, ascendancy, moment in the sun, anybody who's anyone, high-hat, anyone who's anyone, swank, superachiever, snowball effect, success, proudling, one-percenter, higher-up, self-aggrandizement, great, ascendence, made man, superseder, big-shot, status, anyone who's anybody, anyone who is anyone, powerholder, affluent, overpowerer, optionaire, power behind the throne, uppercruster, toppingness, baron, golden boy, monarchizer, anybody who is anyone, peaker, superaffluence, olympian, master of the universe, one-upwomanship, upper-cruster, hubris, high roller, nabobship, triumphator, prince, esteemer, anybody who's anybody, anyone who is anybody
Similar Sounds
upstart, upstarts, upstairs, upstate, upstair, up stairs, astarte, astart, apart, jumpstart, astar, upstarting, the start, app store, upskirt, jump-start, jump start, up skirt, upstir, assart, upstreet, restart, re-start, assort, upset, est, astute, uptight, apostate, astir, astaire, estar, upstaged, up tight, astate, upstand, istar, abart, astat, up-tight, upstay, pop tart, popstar, rap star, new start, pop stars, apsara, op art, astars, apple tart, ostar, re start, absterge, capstar, obstat, pop star, shop steward, abort, distort, extort, upcourt, bistort, absurd, appeared, astray, estate, atari, assert, apar, attired, atar, abstained, apposite, aport, atara, asar, apare, aparri, abstainer, aparte, astore, astr, bossart, absurde, estero, estat, astond, astre, aparo, gastar, eastport, apara, asare, asarh, astolat, abstrude, asara, dustcart, asterid