Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

upwardly mobile

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.56 in modern English

Syllables: up-ward-ly -mo-bile
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Likely to advance in economic or social standing.

Example Sentences

"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 past."

Inflected Forms

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

Derived Forms

yumpie

Phrases

economic mobility social mobility upward mobility corporate ladder social climber social ladder

Frequently Paired Words

economic mobility social mobility upward mobility bourgeoisification corporate ladder embourgeoisement social climber social ladder

Synonyms

bourgeois

Questions

What does upwardly mobile mean?: Likely to advance in economic or social standing.

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