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as in chameleon
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
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as in bottom-feeder
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
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Recent Examples of opportunist
Meanwhile, the opportunists have used Reeves’ likeness in a variety of ways.
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Martha Ross, Mercury News, 16 July 2025
Another opportunist sent him two baseballs, asking for them to be forwarded to His Holiness, newly anointed as the world’s most famous White Sox fan.
—Belinda Luscombe, Time, 1 July 2025
The mayor’s supporters in turn have accused the critics, including Republican Councilor Shamar Mahon, of being obstructionists and political opportunists.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2025
There have been the opportunists, of course, like Spinal Tap.
—Melonee Hurt, The Tennessean, 18 July 2025
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Martha Ross, Mercury News, 16 July 2025
Another opportunist sent him two baseballs, asking for them to be forwarded to His Holiness, newly anointed as the world’s most famous White Sox fan.
—Belinda Luscombe, Time, 1 July 2025
The mayor’s supporters in turn have accused the critics, including Republican Councilor Shamar Mahon, of being obstructionists and political opportunists.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2025
There have been the opportunists, of course, like Spinal Tap.
—Melonee Hurt, The Tennessean, 18 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for opportunist
Noun
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Rango is a chameleon that stumbled into a town called Dirt, in an inventive riff on the western genre that plays equally to children and adults.—
Brian Tallerico,
Vulture,
28 July 2025
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Ross, who is a fashion chameleon in her own sense, was the ideal muse for this ensemble.—
Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
25 July 2025
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Here are some methods for scraping good music from the data wasteland, organized in a hierarchy from bottom-feeder basics to more sophisticated and ultimately, uhh, harebrained strategies.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
31 July 2025
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With the July 31 trade deadline only two weeks beyond the Atlanta All-Star Game, contenders and would-be contenders are eying the rosters of bottom-feeders to fill the few holes on their rosters.—
Dan Schlossberg,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
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Matt Davis, a scientist with the Maine Department of Marine Resources, told WGME that warmer weather from climate change could cause sharks to hang around the area until later in the year than usual.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
13 Aug. 2025
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In one high-profile case, a Chinese vessel was caught inside the Galápagos Marine Reserve with 300 tons of marine life, including 6,000 dead sharks, in 2017.—
Jennifer Raynor,
Space.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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His characters come off as feisty egoists who enjoy sparring and comparing the size of their ambitions.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
13 May 2025
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The adage about egoists who want to be the bride at every wedding proved literally true.—
Danny Heitman,
Christian Science Monitor,
9 May 2025
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“Opportunist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/opportunist. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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