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 the Museum of Old Newbury purchased the weathercock from the First Religious Society of Newburyport in 2018, the presumption was the vane was made by either Shem Drowne or his son Thomas.
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Maysoon Khan, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2019
When a new meeting house was erected on Pleasant Street in 1801, the weathercock went with it.
—Maysoon Khan, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2019
Maysoon Khan, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2019
When a new meeting house was erected on Pleasant Street in 1801, the weathercock went with it.
—Maysoon Khan, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for weathercock
chameleon
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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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“Weathercock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weathercock. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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