Joneses
noun/ˈdʒəʊnzɪz/
/ˈdʒəʊnzɪz/
Word Originlate 19th cent.: from Jones, a commonly found British surname.
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See Joneses in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarykeep up with the Joneses
- (informal, often disapproving) to try to have all the possessions and social achievements that your friends and neighbours haveTopics Successc2
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