Opportunistic

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Taking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any circumstance of possible benefit.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. taking advantage of situations that arise
  • adj. said of people who will take advantage of situations to advance their own interests, without regard for principles
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. taking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any circumstance of possible benefit; practising opportunism.
  • adj. Causing disease only when the immune system of the host has been weakened, or other damage to the host provides special opportunity for invasion; -- of microorganisms or infectious diseases.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. taking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any circumstance of possible benefit
    • Equivalent
    expedient   
    Form
    opportunistically   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    opportunist    timeserving   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Hellenistic    Mechanistic    altruistic    anachronistic    antagonistic   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    shortsighted    manipulative    bottom-up    arboreal    antisocial   
     
    Disclaimer: This site has been created by RJ Softwares and is part of the Lexulous & Wordscraper games.