opportunist

See also Opportunist

English

Noun

opportunist (plural opportunists)

1. Someone who takes advantage of any opportunity to advance his own situation, placing expediency above principle.
   • 2011 November 12, “International friendly: England 1-0 Spain”, BBC Sport:

     James Milner's angled free-kick was headed on to the post by the tireless Bent and Lampard the opportunist was perfectly placed to stoop and head in from virtually on the goal-line.

Related terms

• opportune
• opportunism
• opportunistic
• opportunity

Translations

someone who takes advantage of any opportunity

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 变色龙 (cmn), 變色龍 (cmn) (biànsèlóng)

• Czech: oportunista (cs) m
• Dutch: opportunist (nl) m, opportuniste (nl) f
• Esperanto: oportunisto (eo)
• Finnish: opportunisti (fi)
• German: Opportunist (de) m, Opportunistin (de) f
• Irish: brabúsaí (ga) m
• Italian: approfittatore (it) m, opportunista (it) m and f

• Japanese: 蝙蝠 (ja)
• Korean: 기회주의자 (ko) (gihoejuuija)
• Persian: بوقلمون (fa)
• Polish: oportunista (pl) m, oportunistka (pl) f
• Russian: оппортунист (ru) (opportuníst) m 
• Serbo-Croatian: oportunist (sh)
• Spanish: oportunista (es) m, (Puerto Rico) vela güira (es) f
• Turkish: fırsatçı (tr)

External links

• opportunist in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• opportunist in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911