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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
Hepburn was enamored with the high-minded Ferrer, though some saw him as a puppet master and opportunist.
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Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 15 May 2026
The Boys – Season 5 (Prime Video) Things have gone from bad to worse in the final season of The Boys, Prime Video’s irreverent superhero satire about America succumbing to charismatic despots and fascistic opportunists.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Ever the opportunist, Jones makes a plea to his base.
—Mia Sato, The Verge, 24 Apr. 2026
Some of the backlash is predicated on harmful stereotypes about trans women that portray them as predatory opportunists.
—Jenna Norosky, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2026
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Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 15 May 2026
The Boys – Season 5 (Prime Video) Things have gone from bad to worse in the final season of The Boys, Prime Video’s irreverent superhero satire about America succumbing to charismatic despots and fascistic opportunists.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Ever the opportunist, Jones makes a plea to his base.
—Mia Sato, The Verge, 24 Apr. 2026
Some of the backlash is predicated on harmful stereotypes about trans women that portray them as predatory opportunists.
—Jenna Norosky, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for opportunist
Noun
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So, just trying to be a chameleon up there.—
Charlotte Varnes,
New York Times,
10 June 2026
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Bella Hadid is a hairstyle chameleon, and her latest Instagram photos are proof.—
Chanel Vargas,
InStyle,
6 June 2026
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Use worms fished right on the bottom to entice the subtle-striking bottom-feeders.—
Chad Mason,
Outdoor Life,
3 June 2026
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Under the revised structure, the ninth- and 10th-worst teams will carry the same 5.4% chance at the top overall pick as the NBA’s true bottom-feeders.—
Alejandro Avila OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
28 May 2026
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Siobhan’s shark piñata has mysteriously disappeared.—
Tasha Robinson,
Vulture,
16 June 2026
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Ralston highlighted research indicating that more than 40% of breeding permit fish, a key recreational fishery in the state, were being lost to sharks during the catch-and-release process.—
Bri Buckley,
CBS News,
16 June 2026
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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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Fittingly, the song’s thumping beat is heard twice, real loud, in Rosebush Pruning, Karim Aїnouz’s high-gloss, pitch-dark satire about an American family described by one of its scions as mediocre, vapid egotists, who will never have to work thanks to a large inheritance.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Feb. 2026
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The former vice-president’s characterizations of peers such as Pete Buttigieg (talented but too gay for the America to accept as her running mate), and Josh Shapiro (an egoist) are not particularly juicy, but have already caused bad blood.—
Book Marks
September 25,
Literary Hub,
25 Sep. 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 film is set in a declining industrial city in Northeast China and traces a young man’s search for his father, a small-time schemer who chased quick riches during the freewheeling capitalist surge of the late 1990s and early 2000s in Southern China.—
Marcus Lim,
Variety,
18 June 2026
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Readers may learn about the Florida aquifer, cowhunters, deadhead logging, old-school conservationists such as Marjory Stoneman Douglas and even Charles Ponzi, the famed schemer.—
Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Opportunist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/opportunist. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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