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

There are so many reasons why we need to retire the word gold digger, as well as the belief system behind it.

From Salon • May 23, 2023

One thing she isn’t, she said, is a gold digger, something she had to ask mom Kris Jenner’s boyfriend Corey Gamble how to become.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 9, 2021

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