gold digger

NOUN

opportunist

Synonyms

WEAK

bloodsucker exploiter forty-niner gold miner gold panner leech mineworker parasite sponge user

Example Sentences

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Julia, a successful businesswoman in textile design, knows that her father will be alarmed at this impetuous engagement and will want to make sure that Johnny isn’t a gold digger.

From The Wall Street Journal

Or the time when she filed a trademark application for the term "gold digger".

From BBC

We appreciate the ability to protect assets from gold diggers but the amounts aren’t worthy of a “dynasty” trust.

From The Wall Street Journal

I’ve never been a “gold digger” — in fact, I was supporting our lifestyle by paying for what he couldn’t afford.

From MarketWatch

"The game isn't trying to say that all women are gold diggers... I don't find it targeting either gender," says 31-year-old Zhuang Mengsheng, who used a pseudonym to speak to the BBC.

From BBC