timeserving

1. 1.

   taking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any circumstance of possible benefit

   Synonymsopportunistopportunistic

   Similarexpedient

Questions about timeserving

What does timeserving mean?

timeserving means "taking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any circumstance of possible benefit".

How many syllables are in timeserving?

timeserving has 4 syllables: ti-me-ser-ving. The stress falls on "me".

What is another word for timeserving?

Close synonyms include opportunist, opportunistic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is timeserving a common word?

timeserving 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.