chancer

noun

chanc·​er ˈchan(t)-sər 

British

: a scheming opportunist

Synonyms

• acrobat
• chameleon
• opportunist
• temporizer
• timeserver
• trimmer
• weathercock

Examples of chancer in a Sentence

a two-faced chancer, he doesn't hesitate to dump people when they are no longer of any use

betrayed by a chancer who, she mistakenly thought, was her friend

Word History

First Known Use

1920, in the meaning defined above