Tom's a money-grubbing opportunist.
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Opportunist
//ˌɒpə(ɹ)ˈtjuːnɪst//
Synonyms for "opportunist" (20 found)
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Closest matches (4)
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (6)
Related words (10)
Adjective(2 words)
Noun(2 words)
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2 entriesRelated terms
4 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
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1 entriesTranslations
65 translations across 35 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- مصلحجي noun (someone who takes advantage of any opportunity)
- مصلحجية noun (someone who takes advantage of any opportunity)
Armenian
2 entries- պատեհապաշտ noun (someone who takes advantage of any opportunity)
- օպորտունիստ noun (someone who takes advantage of any opportunity)
Asturian
1 entries- oportunista noun (someone who takes advantage of any opportunity)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- fürsətçi noun (someone who takes advantage of any opportunity)
Belarusian
2 entries- апартуні́ст noun (someone who takes advantage of any opportunity)
- апартуні́стка noun (someone who takes advantage of any opportunity)
Catalan
1 entries- oportunista noun (someone who takes advantage of any opportunity)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 變色龍 /变色龙 noun (someone who takes advantage of any opportunity)
Czech
1 entries- oportunista noun (someone who takes advantage of any opportunity)
Danish
1 entries- opportunist noun (someone who takes advantage of any opportunity)
Dutch
2 entries- opportunist noun (someone who takes advantage of any opportunity)
- opportuniste noun (someone who takes advantage of any opportunity)
Esperanto
1 entries- oportunisto noun (someone who takes advantage of any opportunity)
Estonian
1 entries- oportunist noun (someone who takes advantage of any opportunity)
Finnish
1 entries- opportunisti noun (someone who takes advantage of any opportunity)
French
1 entries- opportuniste noun (someone who takes advantage of any opportunity)
Galician
2 entries- comenenciudo noun (someone who takes advantage of any opportunity)
- oportunista noun (someone who takes advantage of any opportunity)
Georgian
1 entries- ოპორტუნისტი noun (someone who takes advantage of any opportunity)
German
3 entries- Opportunist noun (someone who takes advantage of any opportunity)
- Opportunistin noun (someone who takes advantage of any opportunity)
- Wendehals noun (someone who takes advantage of any opportunity)
Greek
3 entries- καιροσκόπος noun (someone who takes advantage of any opportunity)
- οπορτουνίστρια noun (someone who takes advantage of any opportunity)
- οπορτουνιστής noun (someone who takes advantage of any opportunity)
Indonesian
1 entries- oportunis noun (someone who takes advantage of any opportunity)
Irish
1 entries- brabúsaí noun (someone who takes advantage of any opportunity)
Italian
2 entries- approfittatore noun (someone who takes advantage of any opportunity)
- opportunista noun (someone who takes advantage of any opportunity)
Japanese
3 entries- カメレオン noun (someone who takes advantage of any opportunity)
- 日和見主義者 noun (someone who takes advantage of any opportunity)
- 蝙蝠 noun (someone who takes advantage of any opportunity)
Korean
1 entries- 기회주의자 noun (someone who takes advantage of any opportunity)
Latvian
2 entries- oportūniste noun (someone who takes advantage of any opportunity)
- oportūnists noun (someone who takes advantage of any opportunity)
Norwegian
1 entries- opportunist noun (someone who takes advantage of any opportunity)
Persian
2 entries- اپورتونیست noun (someone who takes advantage of any opportunity)
- فرصت طلب noun (someone who takes advantage of any opportunity)
Polish
2 entries- oportunista noun (someone who takes advantage of any opportunity)
- oportunistka noun (someone who takes advantage of any opportunity)
Portuguese
2 entries- chupim noun (someone who takes advantage of any opportunity)
- oportunista noun (someone who takes advantage of any opportunity)
Russian
4 entries- оппортуни́ст noun (someone who takes advantage of any opportunity)
- оппортуни́стка noun (someone who takes advantage of any opportunity)
- приспособле́нец noun (someone who takes advantage of any opportunity)
- приспособле́нка noun (someone who takes advantage of any opportunity)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- oportunist noun (someone who takes advantage of any opportunity)
Spanish
4 entries- aprovechado noun (someone who takes advantage of any opportunity)
- aprovechón noun (someone who takes advantage of any opportunity)
- encajoso noun (someone who takes advantage of any opportunity)
- oportunista noun (someone who takes advantage of any opportunity)
Swedish
1 entries- opportunist noun (someone who takes advantage of any opportunity)
Tagalog
1 entries- mapanamantala noun (someone who takes advantage of any opportunity)
Turkish
1 entries- fırsatçı noun (someone who takes advantage of any opportunity)
Ukrainian
4 entries- опортуні́ст noun (someone who takes advantage of any opportunity)
- опортуні́стка noun (someone who takes advantage of any opportunity)
- пристосо́ванець noun (someone who takes advantage of any opportunity)
- пристосо́ванка noun (someone who takes advantage of any opportunity)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
Is he an opportunist?
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If the Algerians succeed in overthrowing the politico-military mafia, it's to install another opportunist politico-religious mafia. Just more of the same!
Source: tatoeba (9800777)
Tom is an opportunist.
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