Opportunist
Opportunist adjective - Taking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any circumstance of possible benefit.
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Synonyms for Opportunist
Scheming and opportunist are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Scheming" instead an adjective "Opportunist".
Scheming
Scheming adjective - Clever at attaining one's ends by indirect and often deceptive means.
Opportunist and scheming are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Opportunist" instead an adjective "Scheming".
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Related pairs
- Machiavellian and opportunist
- Machiavellian and scheming
- sly and opportunist
- sly and scheming
- artful and opportunist
- artful and scheming
- crafty and opportunist
- crafty and scheming
- cunning and opportunist
- cunning and scheming
- astute and opportunist
- astute and scheming
- unscrupulous and opportunist
- unscrupulous and scheming
Both words in one sentence
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Carl Weathers plays himself as a constantly broke, scheming and cheapskate opportunist.
Source: Adam Westing - This type of opportunist is more common than their scheming counterpart — and much less clever.
Source: Stealing the Credit -
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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