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as in chameleon
a person who dexterously and expediently changes or adopts opinions a two-faced chancer, he doesn't hesitate to dump people when they are no longer of any use

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as in opportunist
one who does things only for his own benefit and with little regard for right and wrong betrayed by a chancer who, she mistakenly thought, was her friend

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Noun
  • Like a chameleon, the 5-foot-6 senior has the uncanny ability to adapt to any opponent, game situation or even time of year.
    Steve Reaven, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2025
  • But for this reporter — who couldn’t even tell you what a running back does — this was also the year that Barkley developed his sense of style as a fashion chameleon.
    Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 6 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • While the Tron community sees him as a visionary, his detractors see him as an opportunist who thrives on hype, said Gareth Rhodes, managing director at advisory firm Pacific Street.
    Allison Morrow, CNN, 28 Feb. 2025
  • With the deadline for New York’s Gender-Motivated Violence Act expiring tomorrow, opportunists are scrambling to file last-minute, meritless claims.
    Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 28 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Decades before the memes and punchlines, the Broward native spawned a fictional franchise populated by preposterous oddballs, bottom-feeders and other shadowy denizens of the Sunshine State.
    Mark Gauert, Sun Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2025
  • Since winning at Boise State on Jan. 4 and blowing out Air Force at home four days later, the season had become a grind – a double-digit loss at New Mexico, a rare home loss against UNLV, a string of ugly wins against the Mountain West’s bottom-feeders after overcoming dangerously large deficits.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2025
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“Chancer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chancer. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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