Synonyms for opportunist
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1. opportunist, self-seekeradjective

   a person who places expediency above principle

   Synonyms:
   self-seeker

   Antonyms:
   inexpedient

2. opportunist, opportunistic, timeservingadjective

   taking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any circumstance of possible benefit

   Synonyms:
   opportunistic, timeserving

   Antonyms:
   inexpedient

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1. Di Guilio:

   It’s sickening. She’s an opportunist. How do you sleep when you do something like this?

2. Rochelle Walensky:

   Looking county by county, there are some unsettling gaps in our coverage, because this virus is an opportunist, we anticipate that the areas of lightest vaccine coverage now might be where the virus strikes next.

3. Jessica Vaughan from the Center:

   We don't want to turn away people who are genuinely in danger but we know from experience that most of the people that are arriving at our border are not in that category. We have to find an effective way to deter frivolous or opportunist asylum-seekers.

4. Matt Fleming:

   He is not a Republican, he is not a Democrat, he is an opportunist, we completely condemn what he says and what he stands for.

5. John Miller:

   The looting was not a feature we anticipated, nor is it one we've seen before associated with these kinds of movements, nor do we actually believe that it's associated with this movement, we believe it was an opportunist action by regular criminal groups who decided to exploit this. And we hear that increasingly from the groups that are marching that they have nothing to do with that and are trying to disassociate themselves.