Up-and-coming
Up-and-coming adjective - Working hard to promote an enterprise.
Wannabe and up-and-coming are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wannabe" instead an adjective phrase "Up-and-coming".
Wannabe
Wannabe noun - A person who adopts the appearance or behavior of another especially in an obvious way.
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Synonyms for Wannabe
Up-and-coming and wannabe are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Up-and-coming" instead an adjective "Wannabe".
Nearby Word: wannabee
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- craving and up-and-coming
- craving and wannabe
- keen and up-and-coming
- keen and wannabe
- yearning and up-and-coming
- yearning and wannabe
- eager and up-and-coming
- eager and wannabe
- determined and up-and-coming
- determined and wannabe
- future and up-and-coming
- future and wannabe
- ambitious and up-and-coming
- ambitious and wannabe
Both words in one sentence
- Inverted in Guy de Maupassant's "The Necklace", where an up-and-coming young petite bourgeoise wannabe socialite borrows a necklace from a rich friend to wear to a party, but loses it somehow.
Source: Well-Intentioned Replacement
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