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opportunist
opportunist
noun
Definition of OPPORTUNIST
1
a person who dexterously and expediently changes or adopts opinions <ever the opportunist, she immediately set about becoming the incoming administrator's new best friend>
2
one who does things only for his own benefit and with little regard for right and wrong <an opportunist who makes friends and then drops them as soon as they aren't useful anymore>
Related Words egocentric, egoist, egotist; conniver, machinator, plotter, schemer; barracuda, shark; hanger-on, leech
Near Antonyms altruist
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