Synonyms for opportunist
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : op-er-too-nist, -tyoo- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌɒp ərˈtu nɪst, -ˈtyu- |
Définition of opportunist
Origin :- 1881, from opportunism (q.v.) + -ist. A word in Italian politics, later applied in French by Rochefort to Gambetta (1876) and then generally in English to any who seek to profit from the prevailing circumstances.
- noun vacillator
- “In this,” says Lowe, “Bismarck was an opportunist,” as he often was.
- Extract from : « Blood and Iron » by John Hubert Greusel
- I could read that opportunist's motives as easily as if he had written them down for my instruction.
- Extract from : « The Shame of Motley » by Raphael Sabatini
- He was an opportunist, and now, he fondly imagined, was his opportunity.
- Extract from : « Mistress Wilding » by Rafael Sabatini
- He has been an opportunist rather than a dealer in general ideas.
- Extract from : « The Frontier in American History » by Frederick Jackson Turner
- No, Bryan is not an opportunist—not in things that really matter.
- Extract from : « New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 » by Various
- Its policy has been that of an opportunist, at the best,—or an obstructionist, at the worst.
- Extract from : « Civics and Health » by William H. Allen
- Frankly, I'm an opportunist; essentially, a practical sort of fellow.
- Extract from : « The Blind Spot » by Austin Hall
- He was a master of statecraft and an opportunist in politics.
- Extract from : « The History of the Confederate War, Its Causes and Its Conduct, Volume I (of 2) » by George Cary Eggleston
- The King was the opportunist, Olof the idealist, and Gert the "impossibilist."
- Extract from : « Plays--First Series » by August Strindberg
- In 1885 he was elected to the chamber as an Opportunist Republican.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 » by Various
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