as in chameleon
a person who dexterously and expediently changes or adopts opinions
when the winds suddenly shifted on social values, the weathercocks wasted no time in proclaiming their newfound passion for conservatism
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Recent Examples of weathercock
When a new meeting house was erected on Pleasant Street in 1801, the weathercock went with it.
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Maysoon Khan, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2019
Maysoon Khan, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for weathercock
chameleon
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When a chameleon spots a bug, tiny muscles adjust the lens until the target is perfectly in focus, and that adjustment tells them exactly how far away dinner is.—
Popular Science Team,
Popular Science,
10 Sep. 2025
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The parallels between salamanders and chameleons indicate that the underlying physics does not depend on rare or exotic tissues.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Weathercock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weathercock. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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