Meaning

2 senses
  1. Taking advantage of situations that arise.

    The danger now isn't so much from the AIDS virus itself as from opportunistic infections.

    opportunistisch

    taking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any circumstance of possible benefit

  2. Taking advantage of situations to advance one's own interests without regard for moral principles.

    You can't trust somebody that opportunistic: he'll stab you in the back the first chance he gets.

Examples

11 sentences
  1. Tom is quite opportunistic, isn't he?

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  2. Tom is opportunistic, isn't he?

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  3. Tom is opportunistic.

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  4. Are you opportunistic?

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  5. Tom is more opportunistic.

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Translations

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By meaning 1
said of people who will take advantage of situations:

Forms

more opportunistic, most opportunistic

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

8 related words

See also

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