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Yes. The word snob is a Scrabble US word. The word snob is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word snob is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

S1N1O1B3

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4-letter words (2 found)

NOBS,SNOB,

3-letter words (8 found)

BON,BOS,NOB,NOS,OBS,ONS,SOB,SON,

2-letter words (6 found)

BO,NO,OB,ON,OS,SO,

You can make 16 words from snob according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of snob

snob nsob sonb osnb nosb onsb snbo nsbo sbno bsno nbso bnso sobn osbn sbon bson obsn bosn nobs onbs nbos bnos obns bons

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Definitions and meaning of snob

snob

Etymology

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 seeking to imitate those of higher wealth or status. Folk etymology derives it from the Latin phrase sine nobilitate (“without nobility”), but early uses had no connection to this.

The modern sense was popularized by William Makepeace Thackeray in The Book of Snobs (1848).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: snŏb, IPA(key): /snɒb/
  • (General American) enPR: snŏb, IPA(key): /snɑb/
  • Rhymes: -ɒb

Noun

snob (plural snobs)

  1. (informal, derogatory) A person who wishes to be seen as a member of the upper classes and who looks down on those perceived to have inferior or unrefined tastes. [from 20th c.]
  2. (colloquial) A cobbler or shoemaker. [from 18th c.]
  3. (dated) A member of the lower classes; a commoner. [from 19th c.]
  4. (archaic) A workman who works for lower wages than his fellows, especially one who will not join a strike (a scab).
  5. (Cambridge University) A townsman, as opposed to a gownsman.
    Synonym: cad

Coordinate terms

  • posh
  • social climber
  • nouveau riche

Derived terms

  • snobbery, snobbism
  • snobbish
  • snobby
  • snobbiness
  • snobbishness
  • snobbishly
  • snob effect
  • snob value

Translations

See also

  • hobnob (verb) (a social climber element has often existed with both terms' senses)

References

Further reading

  • snob on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • “snob”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  • “snob”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

  • BN(O)s, BNOs, BSON, bo's'n, bos'n, bosn, nobs

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English snob.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɔp

Noun

snob m (plural snobs, diminutive snobje n)

  1. snob

Anagrams

  • bons

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English snob.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /snɔb/

Adjective

snob (plural snobs)

  1. snobbish, snobby

Descendants

  • → Romanian: snob
  • → Turkish: snop

Noun

snob m or f by sense (plural snobs)

  1. snob

Derived terms

  • snober
  • snobinard
  • snobisme
  • snobissime

Further reading

  • “snob”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • bons

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English snob.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈznɔb/
  • Rhymes: -ɔb
  • Hyphenation: snòb

Noun

snob m (invariable)

  1. snob

Adjective

snob (invariable)

  1. snobbish

References

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English snob.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /snɔp/
  • Rhymes: -ɔp
  • Syllabification: snob
  • Homophone: snop

Noun

snob m pers (female equivalent snobka)

  1. snob (person who seeks to be a member of the upper classes)

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

  • snob in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • snob in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Noun

snob m or f by sense (plural snobs)

  1. Alternative form of snobe

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French snob.

Adjective

snob m or n (feminine singular snobă, masculine plural snobi, feminine and neuter plural snobe)

  1. snobbish

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from English snob.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /snôb/

Noun

snȍb m (Cyrillic spelling сно̏б)

  1. snob

Declension

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from English snob.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsnɔp/

Noun

snob m anim (genitive singular snoba, nominative plural snobi, genitive plural snobov, declension pattern of chlap)

  1. snob

Declension

Derived terms

  • snobka
  • snobský
  • snobsky
  • snobstvo

Further reading

  • “snob”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

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