as in opportunist
a person who dexterously and expediently changes or adopts opinions
at the summer resort he acquired a reputation as a social chameleon—someone who could be whatever his hosts wanted him to be
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Recent Examples of chameleon
That led me to David Bowie and Ziggy Stardust, and Bowie being a chameleon, and a bit of Chaplin.
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2025
This, of course, is not the first time Megan Thee Stallion—a bona fide hair chameleon—has played with purple hair.
—Marci Robin, Allure, 3 Oct. 2025
Madrid is a city chameleon-which can easily pass for Buenos Aires, Paris or Mexico, so the filming opportunities are vast.
—Annika Pham, Variety, 30 Sep. 2025
Today, those invaders have been cleared, and more than 100,000 native saplings have grown into a lush forest cover that’s now home to sunbirds, bulbuls, geckos and chameleons.
—Chris Schalkx, Vogue, 30 Sep. 2025
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2025
This, of course, is not the first time Megan Thee Stallion—a bona fide hair chameleon—has played with purple hair.
—Marci Robin, Allure, 3 Oct. 2025
Madrid is a city chameleon-which can easily pass for Buenos Aires, Paris or Mexico, so the filming opportunities are vast.
—Annika Pham, Variety, 30 Sep. 2025
Today, those invaders have been cleared, and more than 100,000 native saplings have grown into a lush forest cover that’s now home to sunbirds, bulbuls, geckos and chameleons.
—Chris Schalkx, Vogue, 30 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chameleon
Noun
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As played with bravado by Macfadyen, the unhinged Guiteau comes across as a stop-at-nothing opportunist consumed by his overinflated vision of his own significance and purpose.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
6 Nov. 2025
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Malek, wild-eyed as ever, portrays Kelley as an overconfident opportunist who is more than willing to cross lines to gain Goering’s trust.—
Lindsey Bahr,
Boston Herald,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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When a new meeting house was erected on Pleasant Street in 1801, the weathercock went with it.—
Maysoon Khan,
BostonGlobe.com,
1 Aug. 2019
Noun
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While special effects are cool and all, there's nothing like seeing someone (like Heidi in peacock form) balance on top of acrobats to really make excitement fly.—
Michelle Lee,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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In 2023, the show was revived without live animals and an emphasis on acrobats.—
Jordan Valinsky,
CNN Money,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Chameleon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chameleon. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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