'name dropper' definitions:
Definition of 'name dropper'
(from WordNet)
noun
Someone who pretends that famous people are his/her friends
Synonyms of 'name dropper'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adventurer,
- bourgeois gentilhomme,
- Brahmin,
- egghead,
- elitist,
- highbrow,
- mandarin,
- newly-rich,
- nouveau riche,
- nouveau roturier,
- parvenu,
- pig in clover,
- prig,
- snob,
- social climber,
- sprout,
- status seeker,
- tufthunter,
- upstart,
- would-be gentleman