Posh vs. Snob

Poshadjective

Associated with the upper classes.

‘She talks with a posh accent.’;

Snobnoun

A person who wishes to be seen as a member of the upper classes and who looks down on those perceived to have inferior or unrefined tastes.

Poshadjective

Stylish, elegant, exclusive (expensive).

‘After the performance they went out to a very posh restaurant.’;

Snobnoun

(colloquial) A cobbler or shoemaker.

Poshadjective

Snobbish, materialistic, prejudiced, under the illusion that one is better than everyone else.

‘We have a right posh git moving in next door’;

Snobnoun

(dated) A member of the lower classes; a commoner.

Poshinterjection

An exclamation expressing derision.

Snobnoun

(archaic) A workman who works for lower wages than his fellows, or who will not join a strike.

Poshnoun

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Snobnoun

(Cambridge University) A townsman, as opposed to a gownsman.

Poshnoun

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Snobnoun

A vulgar person who affects to be better, richer, or more fashionable, than he really is; a vulgar upstart; one who apes his superiors.

‘Essentially vulgar, a snob. - a gilded snob, but none the less a snob.’;

Poshverb

(normally in the phrasal verb posh up) To make posh, or posher.

Snobnoun

A townsman.

Poshadjective

elegant and fashionable;

‘classy clothes’; ‘a classy dame’; ‘a posh restaurant’; ‘a swish pastry shop on the Rue du Bac’;

Snobnoun

A journeyman shoemaker.

Snobnoun

A workman who accepts lower than the usual wages, or who refuses to strike when his fellows do; a rat; a knobstick.

‘Those who work for lower wages during a strike are called snobs, the men who stand out being "nobs"’;

Snobnoun

a person regarded as arrogant and annoying

Snob

Snob is a pejorative term for a person who believes there is a correlation between social status (including physical appearance) and human worth. Snob also refers to a person who feels superiority over those from lower social classes, education levels, or other social areas.