Timeserver

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. One who conforms to the prevailing ways and opinions of one's time or condition for personal advantage; an opportunist.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A person who conforms to current opinions, especially for reasons of personal advantage; an opportunist.
  • n. A device, node or program that distributes the correct time to clients in a network.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One who adapts his opinions and manners to the times; one who obsequiously compiles with the ruling power; -- now used only in a bad sense.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. One who acts conformably to times and seasons: now generally applied to one who meanly and for selfish ends adapts his opinions and manners to the times; one who panders to the ruling power.
  • n. Synonyms See definitions of temporizer and trimmer.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. one who conforms to current ways and opinions for personal advantage
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    opportunist    self-seeker   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    opportunist    politique    temporizer    trimmer   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    revolter    backslider    picker-up    yoking    traitress    enslaver    defeatist    hireling    blackleg    betrayer   
     
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