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 • Feb. 19, 2026

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

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2026

Despite the duplex, Ferrari, Bentleys and various expensive baubles he has showered upon her, she seems too delusional and naive to be called a gold digger.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2024

One of the biggest issues I have always had with the criticism of Smith is the label of "gold digger" that seems to be her most enduring and unfortunate legacy.

From Salon • May 23, 2023

I look around the room for Darius, to see if there’s any hint that he might’ve heard what Layla just said about Janae being a gold digger.

From "Pride" by Ibi Zoboi