fair-weather friend
Sunny-day companion only
A fair-weather friend is someone whose friendship lasts only when times are good.
Like fair-weather sailors who venture out only in calm seas, these friends disappear when trouble arrives: When I got sick, I learned who my fair-weather friends were.
The term implies superficiality and unreliability—friendship contingent on convenience.
One who breaks allegiance
- abandonerOne who forsakes
- deserterOne who abandons duty
- traitorOne who betrays allegiance
- backstabberDisloyal pretend ally
turncoat · faithless · unfaithful · treacherous · perfidious · false · two-faced · untrustworthy
Person slightly known
- casualRelaxed and informal
- surface-levelConcerning only the outermost layer
- shallowWithout much depth
- noncommittalNot expressing clear opinion
peripheral · fleeting · uninvested · detached · distant · uncommitted · lukewarm · half-hearted
One who operates something
- exploiterOne who uses unfairly
- sycophantServile praise-giver
- opportunistOne exploiting circumstances
- bandwagonerOne who follows trends
profiteer · calculating · manipulative · mercenary · self-serving · moocher · leech · hanger-on
Social event attendee
- revelerOne who celebrates boisterously
- companionOne who keeps company
- socialiteProminent figure in fashionable circles
- good-time CharliePleasure-seeking social fellow
carouser · merrymaker · pleasure-seeker · celebrator · partier · wingman · clubber · social butterfly
betrayer
One who breaks allegiance
backstabber · turncoat · faithless · unfaithful · treacherous · perfidious · false · two-faced · untrustworthy · inconstant
acquaintance
Person slightly known
- casualRelaxed and informal
- surface-levelConcerning only the outermost layer
- shallowWithout much depth
noncommittal · peripheral · fleeting · uninvested · detached · distant · uncommitted · lukewarm · half-hearted · nominal
user
One who operates something
- exploiterOne who uses unfairly
- sycophantServile praise-giver
- opportunistOne exploiting circumstances
bandwagoner · profiteer · calculating · manipulative · mercenary · self-serving · moocher · leech · hanger-on · social climber
partygoer
Social event attendee
- revelerOne who celebrates boisterously
- companionOne who keeps company
- socialiteProminent figure in fashionable circles
good-time Charlie · carouser · merrymaker · pleasure-seeker · celebrator · partier · wingman · clubber · social butterfly
- Untrustworthy Thingsbroken promise, snake in the grass, wolf in sheep's clothing, two-faced, false prophet
- fair-weather friends
- betrayalbackstab, betray, betrayal, traitor, backstabber
- deceiversliar, liars, deceiver, fraud, fake
- difficult peopleegomaniac, egotist, nitpicker, drama queen, control freak
- fakesfake, fakes, counterfeit, counterfeits, imitation
fair-weather friendtrue friend
Genuinely loyal companion
loyal friend · faithful friend · ride-or-die · lifelong friend · trusted ally
friend, weather, unfair, fairness, friendship, weathered, weathering, weathers, weatherproof