From its being used for any member of the lower class, snob soon came to mean "a person who pretends to be a member of a higher class, one who imitates the clothing, speech, and …

adjective us / ˈsnɑb·ɪʃ / (also snobby, us / ˈsnɑb·i /) a snobbish remark (Definition of snob from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Snob is a pejorative term for a person who feels superior due to their social class, education level, or social status in general; [1] it is sometimes used especially when they pretend to belong to …

snob noun One who despises people or things regarded as inferior, especially because of social or intellectual pretension:

SNOB definition: a person who imitates, cultivates, or slavishly admires social superiors and is condescending or overbearing to others. See examples of snob used in a sentence.

Definition of snob noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. a person who admires people in the higher social classes too much and has no respect for people in the lower social …

Dec 24, 2025 · Late 18th century dialectal English snob (“cobbler”), of unknown origin. Early senses of the word carried the meaning of "lower status"; it was then used to describe those …

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English snob /snɒb $ snɑːb/ noun [countable] 1 someone who thinks they are better than people from a lower social class – used to show …

If your best friend tells you that you've become a snob, he means that you've become condescending and you like to think you're better than everyone else. Of course maybe he's a …

If you call someone a snob, you disapprove of them because they admire upper-class people and have a low opinion of lower-class people.