"opportunivore" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: opportunivores [plural]
Etymology: opportunity + -vore Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|opportunity|vore}} opportunity + -vore Head templates: {{en-noun}} opportunivore (plural opportunivores)
  1. A person who subsists on still-edible food that has been or was going to be discarded.
    Sense id: en-opportunivore-en-noun-6RcbXHdl
  2. One who will generally eat whatever is available, having a diet that excludes few foods. Categories (topical): Diets, People Synonyms (one with a flexible diet that excludes few foods): flexitarian, omnivore
    Sense id: en-opportunivore-en-noun-DoM9t0sS Disambiguation of Diets: 21 64 14 Disambiguation of People: 21 52 27 Disambiguation of 'one with a flexible diet that excludes few foods': 8 87 5
  3. A person who actively seeks or takes advantage of opportunities. Synonyms (person who takes advantage of opportunities): opportunist
    Sense id: en-opportunivore-en-noun-SkZt-N4A Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -vore Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 23 56 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 11 24 65 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -vore: 16 28 57 Disambiguation of 'person who takes advantage of opportunities': 30 11 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (person who eats salvaged food): freegan
Disambiguation of 'person who eats salvaged food': 43 17 40

Inflected forms

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