Timeserving

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Characterized by an obsequious or too ready compliance with the times, and especially with the will or humors of those in authority; obsequious; truckling.
  • noun. An acting conformably to times and seasons; now, usually, an obsequious compliance with the humors of men in power, which implies a surrender of one's independence, and sometimes of one's integrity.
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  • adjective. Obsequiously complying with the spirit of the times, or the humors of those in power.
  • noun. An obsequious compliance with the spirit of the times, or the humors of those in power, which implies a surrender of one's independence, and sometimes of one's integrity.
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  • noun. A variant of time-serving.
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  • adjective. taking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any circumstance of possible benefit
    • Word Usage
    ""Me and Sam's goin 'on' Midnight Pass 'ter-night, ain't we, Sam?" inquired a young "timeserving" fellow."
    Equivalent
    expedient  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    20-pin  blood-sprinkled  cobbled-together  covetous  faithless  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    diplomatic  opportunist  politic  temporizing  
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