Nouveau-riche and Yuppie

Nouveau-riche noun - A person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class.

Yuppie and nouveau-riche are semantically related. in newly rich topic. In some cases you can use "Yuppie" instead a noun phrase "Nouveau-riche".

Yuppie noun - A young upwardly mobile professional individual; a well-paid middle-class professional who works in a city and has a luxurious life style.

Nouveau-riche and yuppie are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace phrase "Nouveau-riche" with "Yuppie", this terms are similar.