adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/ˈsnɒbɪʃ/
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adj
Meaning 1
Having the property of being a snob; arrogant and pretentious; smugly superior or dismissive of perceived inferiors.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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adjective satellite
Meaning 2
befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: clannish, cliquish, clubby, snobby
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English snob Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English snobbish From snob + -ish.
Across languages
Translations
50 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
снобски
(snobski)
— having the property of being a snob
Czech:
snobský
— having the property of being a snob
Danish:
snobbet
— having the property of being a snob
Dutch:
snobistisch
— having the property of being a snob
Esperanto:
snoba
— having the property of being a snob
Finnish:
snobistinen
— having the property of being a snob
French:
snob
— having the property of being a snob
French:
snobinard
— having the property of being a snob
German:
dünkelhaft
— having the property of being a snob
German:
schnöselig
— having the property of being a snob
German:
blasiert
— having the property of being a snob
German:
großtuerisch
— having the property of being a snob
German:
hochnäsig
— having the property of being a snob
German:
bourgeois
— having the property of being a snob
German:
snobistisch
— having the property of being a snob
German:
versnobt
— having the property of being a snob
Greek:
ακατάδεκτος
(akatádektos)
— having the property of being a snob
Greek:
κενόδοξος
(kenódoxos)
— having the property of being a snob
Hungarian:
sznob
— having the property of being a snob
Latin:
superbus
— having the property of being a snob
Latin:
ēmunctus
— having the property of being a snob
Macedonian:
на́дуен
(náduen)
— having the property of being a snob
Macedonian:
на́дмен
(nádmen)
— having the property of being a snob
Macedonian:
го́рделив
(górdeliv)
— having the property of being a snob
Macedonian:
сно́бовски
(snóbovski)
— having the property of being a snob
Māori:
whakakake
— having the property of being a snob
Māori:
ihu tū
— having the property of being a snob
Māori:
whakaparanga
— having the property of being a snob
Persian:
متفرعن
(motefar'en)
— having the property of being a snob
Plautdietsch:
huachnäsich
— having the property of being a snob
Portuguese:
esnobe
— having the property of being a snob
Romanian:
snob
— having the property of being a snob
Romanian:
snobistic
— having the property of being a snob
Russian:
сноби́стский
(snobístskij)
— having the property of being a snob
Russian:
сно́бский
(snóbskij)
— having the property of being a snob
Russian:
надме́нный
(nadménnyj)
— having the property of being a snob
Russian:
высокоме́рный
(vysokomérnyj)
— having the property of being a snob
Russian:
тщесла́вный
(tščeslávnyj)
— having the property of being a snob
Russian:
кичли́вый
(kičlívyj)
— having the property of being a snob
Russian:
гордели́вый
(gordelívyj)
— having the property of being a snob
Russian:
спеси́вый
(spesívyj)
— having the property of being a snob
Russian:
чванли́вый
(čvanlívyj)
— having the property of being a snob
Spanish:
esnobista
— having the property of being a snob
Spanish:
pijo
— having the property of being a snob
Spanish:
fresa
— having the property of being a snob
Spanish:
cheto
— having the property of being a snob
Spanish:
snob
— having the property of being a snob
Spanish:
snobista
— having the property of being a snob
Swedish:
snobbig
— having the property of being a snob
Ukrainian:
сно́бський
(snóbsʹkyj)
— having the property of being a snob
