bottom feeder

1. 1.

   an opportunist who profits from the misfortunes of others

   Broaderopportunist

Questions about bottom feeder

What does bottom feeder mean?

bottom feeder means "an opportunist who profits from the misfortunes of others".

Is bottom feeder a common word?

bottom feeder is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.