chameleon
18
6.6
- noun
- /kəˈmiːliən/
:
camaleón
- In the workplace, being a chameleon helped him adapt to different team dynamics.
- chameleon-like
- chameleons who change
As we all know, I'm not a chameleon, so don't expect miracles.
- As we all know, I'm not a chameleon, so don't expect miracles.
- So I've just gosh, like chameleon, chameleon, chameleon, chameleon, so many different shades of myself.
- I mean, it's, but this album is he is a musical chameleon.
- That said, I do still think people can sniff out that she's a chameleon in the way a lot of politicians are.
- Looking at the series, you're a real chameleon in it.
- But people like Piers are Piers is a he has to be a like a chameleon because you would can't keep the media career going for that long.
- But popular kid could navigate through different types of social circles to be a little bit of a chameleon.
- No, he definitely, he had the, he had the ability to kind of be a chameleon, you know, to kind of show himself as was needed.
- Definitely what other people thought, right, A bit of ideal pleaser chameleon type perhaps.
- You're being a snow, you're being a, you're being a chameleon.
- I would see me as again, the every girl, the every woman, the kind of chameleon, if you will, that you can put her in a in judge robes.
- So they call the three the chameleon in a lot of what it it because what they can do is you put us into a situation, put us on a basketball team.
Examples
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Even more than her sisters, Emily was the family chameleon, changing with what was expected of her.
Fiction book (1993) -
One report summed up his flexibility in terms of state identity: "He's a bit of a chameleon."
Academic text (2000) -
Like the chameleon, children learn to be and to change in response to the world around them.
Academic text (1993) -
A candidate must be a chameleon, adapting to each person he meets, changing his expression and speech as necessary.
Academic text (2012) -
The historical record is a testament to the endurance of the state and its chameleon-like ability to adapt to changing circumstances.
Academic text (2005) -
Her ability to be a chameleon allowed her to make friends in various social circles.
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As a politician, he had a reputation for being a chameleon, often changing his views to appeal to voters.
Synonyms
1
8.6
A person who often changes their opinions or public image to fit different situations
A person who changes how they act to fit different people or situations
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
A lizard from Africa that can change color and move its eyes separately
How Changeable
18
6.6
Surface Forms
Etymology
Chameleon is also used for a person who changes their opinions or behavior to fit different situations, and this sense comes from the lizard that changes color to blend in. So, calling someone a chameleon gives the image of a person who 'changes their colors' to match others.