bandwagoner
Fair-weather fan
A bandwagoner is someone who supports a team, cause, or trend only after it becomes popular or successful.
The term is dismissive, implying fair-weather loyalty rather than genuine commitment: He's just a bandwagoner—he didn't care about the team until they started winning.
Sports fans use it to distinguish longtime supporters from those who jumped on the bandwagon.
Leading candidate or competitor
- Johnny-come-latelyNewcomer lacking experience
- latecomerPerson arriving past time
- opportunistOne exploiting circumstances
- followerOne who supports another
joiner · conformist · sheep · lemming · copycat · me-too · hanger-on · flip-flopper
Prone to fluctuation
- disloyalUntrue to commitments
- uncommittedNot bound to anything
- unreliableNot consistently performing
- fickleErratically disloyal in affection
capricious · wavering · vacillating · mercurial · changeable · flighty · fair-weather · lukewarm
Dominant cultural current
frontrunner
Leading candidate or competitor
- Johnny-come-latelyNewcomer lacking experience
- latecomerPerson arriving past time
- opportunistOne exploiting circumstances
follower · joiner · conformist · sheep · lemming · copycat · me-too · hanger-on · flip-flopper · turncoat
frontrunner
Leading candidate or competitor
inconstant
Prone to fluctuation
- disloyalUntrue to commitments
- uncommittedNot bound to anything
- unreliableNot consistently performing
fickle · capricious · wavering · vacillating · mercurial · changeable · flighty · fair-weather · lukewarm · half-hearted
mainstream
Dominant cultural current
- fansfan, sports fan, superfan, superfans, die-hard fan
- opportunistsopportunist, exploiter, user, gold digger, fortune hunter
- Imitatorsimitator, mimic, copycat, impersonator, clone
- fair-weather friendsfair-weather friend, fair-weather fan, false friend
- posersposer, poseur, wannabe, fake, faker
bandwagonertrue believer
Completely committed adherent
OG · early adopter · founding member · purist · lifer
- jump on the bandwagonAdopt a popular trend
- jumping on the bandwagonAdopting something because others have
- jumped on the bandwagonAdopted a popular trend
- bandwagon fanSupporter only during success
- bandwagon effectAdopting trends through imitation
- climb on the bandwagonJoin a popular cause