self-seekers

noun

plural of self-seeker
as in opportunists
one who does things only for his own benefit and with little regard for right and wrong he's a self-seeker who is nice only to people who can do him favors

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  1. opportunists
  2. bottom-feeders
  3. egoists
  4. egotists
  5. chancers
Noun
  • Outside investors demanding asset sales, larger dividends or changes in management were often portrayed as short-term opportunists that are more interested in extracting cash than building enduring businesses.
    — Robert Daugherty, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • Those opportunists are rumen microbes called methanogens, and their waste product is methane, a notoriously powerful heat-trapping greenhouse gas.
    — Marlowe Starling, Quanta Magazine, 27 July 2026
Definition of opportunists
Noun
  • These sharks are thought to be bottom-feeders, preying on fish that frequent the floors of rivers and estuaries.
    — John P. Rafferty, Encyclopedia Britannica, 13 Mar. 2026
  • The Warriors already might be too far ahead in the standings to catch bottom-feeders like the New Orleans Pelicans, Sacramento Kings and Indiana Pacers in the race to maximize their draft-lottery odds.
    — Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
Definition of bottom-feeders
Noun
  • The adage about egoists who want to be the bride at every wedding proved literally true.
    — Danny Heitman, Christian Science Monitor, 9 May 2025
Definition of egoists
Noun
  • 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
Definition of egotists
Noun
  • Also getting a boost from last-chancers was Every Brilliant Thing starring Tracee Ellis Ross, which closes Sunday, August 9.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The organisers can be international crime conglomerates or opportunistic chancers, its markets veering from last-minute own goals to a couple of extra throw-ins.
    — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 4 June 2026
Definition of chancers
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