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snobbery

adj · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • British, Southern, Standard: /ˈsnɔbəɹɪj/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: S N AA1 B ER0 IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Synonym of snobby.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: colloquial, rare

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: snobby

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The property or trait of being a snob.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

the trait of condescending to those of lower social status

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: snobbism, snobbishness

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: arrogance, haughtiness, hauteur, high-handedness, lordliness

Narrower terms: clannishness, cliquishness, exclusiveness

History

Etymology

From snob + -ery (adjectival suffix).

From snob + -ery – doubled ‘b’ to clarify pronunciation of ‘o’.

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: snobizëm — the property or trait of being a snob
  • Bulgarian: снобизъм (snobizǎm) — the property or trait of being a snob
  • Chinese Mandarin: 勢利 /势利 (shìli) — the property or trait of being a snob
  • Dutch: snobisme — the property or trait of being a snob
  • Finnish: snobismi — the property or trait of being a snob
  • Finnish: snobbailu — the property or trait of being a snob
  • French: snobisme — the property or trait of being a snob
  • German: Snobismus — the property or trait of being a snob
  • Greek: ακαταδεξιά (akatadexiá) — the property or trait of being a snob
  • Hungarian: sznobság — the property or trait of being a snob
  • Hungarian: sznobizmus — the property or trait of being a snob
  • Irish: ardnós — the property or trait of being a snob
  • Polish: snobizm — the property or trait of being a snob
  • Portuguese: arrogância — the property or trait of being a snob
  • Portuguese: esnobismo — the property or trait of being a snob
  • Russian: сноби́зм (snobízm) — the property or trait of being a snob
  • Spanish: pijada — the property or trait of being a snob
  • Spanish: pijotada — the property or trait of being a snob
  • Spanish: esnobismo — the property or trait of being a snob
  • Spanish: señoritismo — the property or trait of being a snob
  • Ottoman Turkish: غرور (gurur) — the property or trait of being a snob
  • Ottoman Turkish: كبر (kibr, kibir) — the property or trait of being a snob
  • Ottoman Turkish: طور (tavr, tavır) — the property or trait of being a snob