fortune seeker
Chaser of riches
A fortune seeker is someone who pursues wealth or riches, often through adventurous or opportunistic means.
The term evokes gold rushes, treasure hunts, and ambitious migrations: Fortune seekers flooded California in 1849.
It can carry a mercenary connotation, suggesting someone motivated purely by money rather than nobler aims.
- adventurerOne pursuing exciting exploits
- risk takerOne who accepts uncertainty
- prospectorOne seeking valuable deposits
- gamblerOne who bets
- high rollerMajor casino spender
wild card · explorer · speculator · luck · pioneer · destiny · profit · opportunist · American Dream · wealth · fate · gold rush · strike it rich · gold digger · El Dorado · pot of gold · windfall · karma
- Gold RushCalifornia Gold Rush, gold miners, gold mining, gold flakes, gold nuggets
fortune seekerascetic
One who renounces indulgence
monk · minimalist · hermit · mendicant · Franciscan
fortune seekerBuddhist monk
Ordained follower of Buddha
Diogenes · contemplative · mystic · stoic · Henry David Thoreau
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