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as in chameleon
a person who dexterously and expediently changes or adopts opinions
a two-faced chancer, he doesn't hesitate to dump people when they are no longer of any use
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as in opportunist
one who does things only for his own benefit and with little regard for right and wrong
betrayed by a chancer who, she mistakenly thought, was her friend
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Noun
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Black trousers are a true wardrobe chameleon, equally at home with bold red outerwear, bohemian layers, or even a bit of leopard print.—
Christina Holevas,
Vogue,
29 Dec. 2025 -
Still, the chameleon actor returned to his TV roots to executive produce and star on Black-ish, Mixed-ish, and Grown-ish as Pops, and came back to Broadway as Donny in the 2022 revival of David Mamet’s American Buffalo.—
Diedre Johnson,
Entertainment Weekly,
18 Dec. 2025
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On the other side, the Reverend Al Sharpton, a corpulent, demagogic presence, took up the victims’ cause, and was seen by some as a radical, and by almost everyone as an opportunist.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2026
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The movie follows a group of petty cheats, liars and drunks who are duped by nefarious opportunists who visit their crumbling town.—
John Penner,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The Mavs dwell among the Western Conference’s bottom-feeders, but no team in either conference presents the sheer volume of storylines as the outfit from Texas’ largest city.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
24 Dec. 2025
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For nearly the first two decades of their existence, the New Orleans Saints were NFL bottom-feeders.—
Jim Reineking,
USA Today,
11 Dec. 2025
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Thus the self-seekers and the doctrinaires were drawn together into an alliance to maintain the status quo, and all its abuses and inequalities were made sacrosanct.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
18 Dec. 2011
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“Chancer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chancer. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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