fair weather friend
Sunshine-only companion
A fair weather friend is someone whose friendship fades when times get hard.
Like fair weather itself, they're present only under favorable conditions—offering companionship during good times but disappearing when you face trouble or need support: When I lost my job, I found out who my fair weather friends were.
Breaking of trust
- unfaithfulBetraying a partner's trust
- unreliableNot consistently performing
- treacherousDisloyal and dangerous
- backstabberDisloyal pretend ally
untrustworthy · two-faced · false · deceptive · perfidious · disloyal · desertion · turncoat
Without much depth
- superficialLacking depth or substance
- casualRelaxed and informal
- acquaintancePerson slightly known
- peripheralExternal computer add-on
nominal · surface-level · insincere · disingenuous · hollow · fake · pretend · social climber
Erratically disloyal in affection
- inconstantProne to fluctuation
- capriciousSubject to sudden changes
- mercurialProne to sudden change
- volatileLiable to sudden change
flighty · changeable · wavering · unreliable · undependable · flaky · wishy-washy · inconsistent
Limited in duration
- fleetingPassing very quickly
- transientTemporary, soon departing
- seasonalRecurring at fixed intervals
- part-timeLimited work schedule
short-lived · ephemeral · passing · occasional · disappearing
One exploiting circumstances
- bandwagonSurging popular cause
- calculatingColdly self-serving in strategy
- exploitativeUnfairly using others' vulnerabilities
- self-servingBenefiting oneself primarily
user · taker · conditional · convenient · situational · summer soldier · using · gold-digger
betrayal
Breaking of trust
- unfaithfulBetraying a partner's trust
- unreliableNot consistently performing
- treacherousDisloyal and dangerous
backstabber · untrustworthy · two-faced · false · deceptive · perfidious · disloyal · desertion · turncoat · snake
shallow
Without much depth
- superficialLacking depth or substance
- casualRelaxed and informal
- acquaintancePerson slightly known
peripheral · nominal · surface-level · insincere · disingenuous · hollow · fake · pretend · social climber · hanger-on
fickle
Erratically disloyal in affection
- inconstantProne to fluctuation
- capriciousSubject to sudden changes
- mercurialProne to sudden change
volatile · flighty · changeable · wavering · unreliable · undependable · flaky · wishy-washy · inconsistent · unsteady
temporary
Limited in duration
part-time · short-lived · ephemeral · passing · occasional · disappearing
opportunist
One exploiting circumstances
- bandwagonSurging popular cause
- calculatingColdly self-serving in strategy
- exploitativeUnfairly using others' vulnerabilities
self-serving · user · taker · conditional · convenient · situational · summer soldier · using · gold-digger · leech
- insincerityinsincerity, phoniness, fakeness, falseness, pretense
- social conformityconformist, peer pressure, herd mentality, groupthink, follow the crowd
- body idiomsheart of gold, heart of stone, cold heart, warm heart, soft heart
- hypocrisyhypocrisy, hypocrite, sanctimony, two-faced, self-righteousness
- self-interestself-interest, selfishness, egoism, look out for number one, every man for himself
fair weather friendtrue friend
Genuinely loyal companion
loyal friend · ride or die · faithful friend · constant companion · lifelong friend
fair weather friendsoulmate
Deeply compatible life partner
soul mate · kindred spirit · bosom buddy · trusted ally · fast friend
fairer, fairest, fairly, fairness, unfair, unfairly, unfairness, weather, weathers