| opportunist | | |
| n. (person) | 1. opportunist, self-seeker | a person who places expediency above principle. |
| ~ backscratcher | someone who is willing to trade favors or services for mutual advantage. |
| ~ bottom feeder | an opportunist who profits from the misfortunes of others. |
| ~ carpetbagger | an outsider who seeks power or success presumptuously.; "after the Civil War the carpetbaggers from the north tried to take over the south" |
| ~ wheeler dealer, hustler, operator | a shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties. |
| ~ selfish person | a person who is unusually selfish. |
| ~ timeserver | one who conforms to current ways and opinions for personal advantage. |
| adj. | 2. opportunist, opportunistic, timeserving | taking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any circumstance of possible benefit. |
| ~ expedient | serving to promote your interest.; "was merciful only when mercy was expedient" |
| chance on | | |
| v. (possession) | 1. attain, chance on, chance upon, come across, come upon, discover, fall upon, happen upon, light upon, strike | find unexpectedly.; "the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb"; "she struck a goldmine"; "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake" |
| ~ regain, find | come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost.; "Did you find your glasses?"; "I cannot find my gloves!" |
| coincide | | |
| v. (stative) | 1. co-occur, coincide, cooccur | go with, fall together. |
| ~ coexist | exist together. |
| ~ overlap | coincide partially or wholly.; "Our vacations overlap" |
| v. (change) | 2. coincide, concur | happen simultaneously.; "The two events coincided" |
| ~ come about, hap, happen, occur, take place, go on, fall out, pass off, pass | come to pass.; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important" |
| v. (stative) | 3. coincide | be the same.; "our views on this matter coincided" |
| ~ correspond, gibe, jibe, match, tally, agree, fit, check | be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics.; "The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun" |
| synchronize | | |
| v. (change) | 1. sync, synchronise, synchronize | make synchronous and adjust in time or manner.; "Let's synchronize our efforts" |
| ~ adjust, correct, set | alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard.; "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels" |
| ~ phase | adjust so as to be in a synchronized condition.; "he phased the intake with the output of the machine" |
| v. (stative) | 2. contemporise, contemporize, synchronise, synchronize | happen at the same time. |
| ~ come about, hap, happen, occur, take place, go on, fall out, pass off, pass | come to pass.; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important" |
| v. (communication) | 3. synchronise, synchronize | make (motion picture sound) exactly simultaneous with the action.; "synchronize this film" |
| ~ film, motion-picture show, motion picture, movie, moving-picture show, moving picture, pic, picture show, flick, picture | a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement.; "they went to a movie every Saturday night"; "the film was shot on location" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ dub | provide (movies) with a soundtrack of a foreign language. |
| v. (cognition) | 4. contemporise, contemporize, synchronise, synchronize | arrange or represent events so that they co-occur.; "synchronize biblical events" |
| ~ arrange, order, put, set up | arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events.; "arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times" |
| v. (change) | 5. synchronise, synchronize | operate simultaneously.; "The clocks synchronize" |
| ~ synchronise, synchronize | cause to indicate the same time or rate.; "synchronize your watches" |
| ~ control, operate | handle and cause to function.; "do not operate machinery after imbibing alcohol"; "control the lever" |
| v. (change) | 6. synchronise, synchronize | cause to indicate the same time or rate.; "synchronize your watches" |
| ~ align, aline, adjust, line up | place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight.; "align the car with the curb"; "align the sheets of paper on the table" |
| ~ synchronise, synchronize | operate simultaneously.; "The clocks synchronize" |
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