I. -_nə̇st noun
( -s )
Etymology: French opportuniste, from opportunisme opportunism, from Italian opportunismo
: one who practices opportunism
an aristocracy of opportunists who sought power for no end except their own — Victor Canning
II. adjective
or op·por·tun·is·tic | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷|nistik, -tēk
: of, relating to, or having the characteristics of an opportunist : marked by opportunism
the rare kind of honesty that refuses to be opportunist — E.B.Barrett
is superbly opportunistic, taking advantage of every break — Alfred Bester
• op·por·tun·is·ti·cal·ly -tə̇k(ə)lē, -tēk-, -li adverb