Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun bottom_feeder

1 sense of bottom feeder

Sense 1
bottom feeder -- (an opportunist who profits from the misfortunes of others)
       => opportunist, self-seeker -- (a person who places expediency above principle)


2 senses of bottom-feeder

Sense 1
bottom-feeder -- (a scavenger that feeds low on the food chain)
       => scavenger -- (any animal that feeds on refuse and other decaying organic matter)

Sense 2
bottom-feeder, bottom-dweller -- (a fish that lives and feeds on the bottom of a body of water)
       => fish -- (any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills; "the shark is a large fish"; "in the living room there was a tank of colorful fish")