opportunist
Plural: opportunists
Noun
- a person who places expediency above principle
- Someone who takes advantage of any opportunity to advance their own situation, placing expediency above principle.
Adjective Satellite
- taking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any circumstance of possible benefit
Origin / Etymology
From French opportuniste, equivalent to opportune + -ist.
Synonyms
opportunistic, self-seeker, timeserving, chancer
Scrabble Score: 15
opportunist: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordopportunist: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
opportunist: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 19
opportunist: valid Words With Friends Word