social climbing

English - English

Definition of social climbing in English English dictionary

disapproval You describe someone's behaviour as social climbing when they try to get accepted into a higher social class by becoming friendly with people who belong to that class. All that vulgar social-climbing! Social climbing is also an adjective. Leroy's ambitious social-climbing wife

Hyphenation

so·cial climb·ing

Turkish pronunciation

sōşıl klaymîng

Pronunciation

/ˈsōsʜəl ˈklīməɴɢ/ /ˈsoʊʃəl ˈklaɪmɪŋ/