Associations to the word «Opportunist»

Wiktionary

OPPORTUNIST, noun. Someone who takes advantage of any opportunity to advance his own situation, placing expediency above principle.

Dictionary definition

OPPORTUNIST, noun. A person who places expediency above principle.
OPPORTUNIST, adjective. Taking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any circumstance of possible benefit.

Wise words

Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone, but principally by catch words.
Robert Louis Stevenson