opportunist
Someone who takes advantage of any opportunity to advance their own situation, placing…Someone who takes advantage of any opportunity to advance their own situation, placing expediency above principle.
» Tom is an opportunist.
Том опортуніст.
Meaning
1 sensesSomeone who takes advantage of any opportunity to advance their own situation, placing expediency above principle.
Opportunist, Opportunistin, Wendehals
оппортуни́стopportuníst, оппортуни́сткаopportunístka, приспособле́нецprisposoblénec
опортуні́стoportuníst, опортуні́сткаoportunístka, пристосо́ванецьprystosóvanecʹ
a person who places expediency above principle
Examples
9 sentencesTom is an opportunist.
Том опортуніст.
Tom's a money-grubbing opportunist.
Opportunists are people who today already know the direction of overmorrow's wind.
Is he an opportunist?
He's just an opportunist.
Translations
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Origin
From French opportuniste, equivalent to opportune + -ist.From French opportuniste, equivalent to opportune + -ist.
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Forms
plural: opportunists| Singular | opportunist |
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Synonyms
2 synonyms- a person who places expediency above principle:self-seeker