Thesaurus: temporizer
One who temporizes; one who yields to the time, or complies with the prevailing opinions, fashions, or occasions; a trimmer.
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Definitions
- n. One who temporizes; one who yields to the time, or complies with the prevailing opinions, fashions, or occasions; a trimmer.
- n. someone who temporizes; someone who tries to gain time or who waits for a favorable time
- One who temporizes; one who yields to the time, or complies with the prevailing opinions, fashions, or occasions; a trimmer. A sort of temporizers, ready to embrace and maintain all that is, or shall be, proposed, in hope of preferment. Burton.
- One who temporizes; one who yields to the time, or complieswith the prevailing opinions, fashions, or occasions; a trimmer.A sort of temporizers, ready to embrace and maintain all that is, orshall be, proposed, in hope of preferment. Burton.
- n. someone who temporizes; someone who tries to gain time or who waits for a favorable time