timeserver
nounUK /ˈtʌɪmˌsəːvə/
Etymology From time + server.
1
A person who conforms to current opinions, especially for reasons of personal advantage; an opportunist.
- Another of Lilly's confidants was the time-server, John Gauden, who was distinctly anti-Laudian in outlook, but who nevertheless became Bishop of Worcester at the Restoration.1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 355:
2
Someone who performs a job for the required time only, making a minimum of effort.
3
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A device, node or program that transmits the correct time to clients in a network.
4
Obsolete Someone who honors their commitments only when it is personally easy to do so.
- Hypernyms
- server