Usually means: Exploiting circumstances for personal gain.
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General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. opportunistic: Merriam-Webster
  2. opportunistic: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. opportunistic: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. opportunistic: Collins English Dictionary
  5. opportunistic: Vocabulary.com
  6. Opportunistic, opportunistic: Wordnik
  7. opportunistic: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. opportunistic: Wiktionary
  9. opportunistic: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. opportunistic: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. opportunistic: Dictionary.com
  12. opportunistic: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  13. Opportunistic: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. opportunistic: Rhymezone
  15. opportunistic: FreeDictionary.org
  16. opportunistic: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. opportunistic: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. opportunistic: Legal dictionary

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. opportunistic: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
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  4. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  5. opportunistic: Medical dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. opportunistic: Urban Dictionary

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adjective:  Taking advantage of situations that arise.
adjective:  Taking advantage of situations to advance one's own interests without regard for moral principles.

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