Nouveau riche is a term used to describe people who have recently acquired wealth, often through business success or inheritance. The crossword solutions for this term include PARVENU (7 letters), profiteer (9 letters), arriviste (9 letters), UPSTART (7 letters), newmoney (8 letters), and parvenus (8 letters). All of these terms refer to people who have recently acquired wealth, but each has its own nuance. PARVENU and UPSTART are generally used to describe people who have recently acquired wealth but lack the social graces of those who have been wealthy for longer. Profiteer and arriviste refer to people who have acquired wealth through unscrupulous means, such as taking advantage of others. Finally, newmoney and parvenus are terms used to describe people who have recently acquired wealth but are still trying to fit in with the established wealthy class.