English Etymology From (deprecated template usage ) [etyl] French opportuniste
Noun opportunist (plural opportunists
Someone who takes advantage of any opportunity to advance their own situation , placing expediency above principle .
2011 November 12, “International friendly: England 1-0 Spain”, in BBC Sport [1] 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.
Synonyms Related terms Translations someone who takes advantage of any opportunity
Chinese:
Mandarin: 变色龙 (zh) ( biànsèlóng ) , 變色龍 ／ 变色龙 (zh) ( biànsèlóng )
Czech: oportunista m
Dutch: opportunist (nl) m opportuniste f
Esperanto: oportunisto
Finnish: opportunisti (fi)
French: opportuniste (fr)
Galician: oportunista m or f
German: Opportunist (de) m Opportunistin f Wendehals (de) m
Irish: brabúsaí m
Italian: approfittatore (it) m opportunista (it) m or f
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}Japanese: 蝙蝠 (ja) ( kōmori )
Korean: 기회주의자 (ko) ( gihoejuuija )
Norwegian: opportunist (no) m
Persian: فرصت طلب (fa) ( forsat-talab ) , اپورتونیست (fa) ( oportunist )
Polish: oportunista (pl) m oportunistka (pl) f
Portuguese: oportunista (pt) m or f chupim (pt) m
Russian: оппортуни́ст (ru) m ( opportuníst )
Serbo-Croatian: oportunist (sh)
Spanish: oportunista (es) m ( Puerto Rico ) vela güira f aprovechado (es) m aprovechón m ventajista m or f ventajoso m ( Mexico ) , ventajero m ( Argentina, Uruguay, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic ) , encajoso m ( Mexico )
Swedish: opportunist (sv) c
Tagalog: mapanamantala
Turkish: fırsatçı (tr)
Further reading “opportunist ”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary G. & C. Merriam , 1913 , →OCLC “opportunist ”, in The Century Dictionary [ … ] The Century Co. , 1911 , →OCLC