Calculating
Calculating adjective - Acting in a selfish scheming way.
Opportunist and calculating are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Opportunist" instead an adjective "Calculating".
Opportunist
Opportunist adjective - Taking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any circumstance of possible benefit.
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Synonyms for Opportunist
Calculating and opportunist are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Calculating" instead an adjective "Opportunist".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- Machiavellian and calculating
- Machiavellian and opportunist
- sly and calculating
- sly and opportunist
- artful and calculating
- artful and opportunist
- crafty and calculating
- crafty and opportunist
- cunning and calculating
- cunning and opportunist
- astute and calculating
- astute and opportunist
- unscrupulous and calculating
- unscrupulous and opportunist
Both words in one sentence
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Always calculating, always scheming, willing to play the numbers game when it suits him, willing to turn on anybody close to him when it suits him, and always, ALWAYS looking for a way to scratch, bite, and claw his way to the top... there's a reason they call him "The Ultimate Opportunist".
Source: Neutral Evil
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