Definitions for snob

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IPA: /snɒb/

Snob is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 28 anagrams from letters in snob (bnos).

Definitions for snob

noun

  1. a person who imitates, cultivates, or slavishly admires social superiors and is condescending or overbearing to others.
  2. a person who believes himself or herself an expert or connoisseur in a given field and is condescending toward or disdainful of those who hold other opinions or have different tastes regarding this field:

Origin of snob

First recorded in 1775-85; orig. uncert; first used as a nickname for a cobbler or cobbler's apprentice, hence a townsman, someone of low class or lacking good breeding, commoner, hence someo

Examples for snob

Amazingly, considering the subject matter, the Jack Taylor novels have a touch of snob appeal.

He was educated, like Fleming, at Eton, but unlike his creator, he was no snob.

You'll never be a snob, Beth, no matter how much money you have.

You write a lot about how you were a jerk or a snob when it came to comedy or film.

People will say he was a vulgar parvenu, a sycophant, a snob—heaven knows what.

He who bullies those who are not in a position to resist may be a snob, but cannot be a gentleman.

Watch as Jon Stewart schools him on the actual meaning of a “snob.”

That counts me a snob in my mental attitude toward the Lockwoods.

What a snob ... Oh, I understand why he wants you to go to college.

We are left with the uneasy impression that William is a snob.

Word Value for snob
Scrable

6

Words with friends

8

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