Synonyms for selfish
ˈsɛl fɪʃ

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1. selfish(adj)

   concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others

   "Selfish men were...trying to make capital for themselves out of the sacred cause of civil rights"- Maria Weston Chapman

   Antonyms:
   unselfish, self-giving, public-spirited, self-denying, self-sacrificing, sharing, self-forgetful

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1. selfish(adjective)

   Synonyms:
   egotistic, greedy, egotistical, self-centered, egoistic

   Antonyms:
   philanthropic, selfless, altruistic

2. selfish(adjective)

   Holding one’s self-interest as the standard for decision making.

   Synonyms:
   egoistic, self-centered, egotistical, greedy, egotistic

   Antonyms:
   philanthropic, altruistic, selfless

3. selfish(adjective)

   Having regard for oneself above others’ well-being.

   Synonyms:
   egoistic, egotistical, greedy, self-centered, egotistic

   Antonyms:
   philanthropic, selfless, altruistic

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1. selfish

   Synonyms:
   egotistical, self-minded, self-indulgent, self-worshipful, worldly, illiberal, ungenerous, narrowminded, mercenary, greedy

   Antonyms:
   disinterested, generous, unselfish, handsome, liberal, high-minded, self-denying, magnanimous, patriotic, public-spirited, considerate, accommodating

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1. selfish(a.)

   Synonyms:
   illiberal, mean, sordid, mercenary, narrow, narrow-minded, self-seeking

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1. selfish(a)

   Synonyms:
   ungenerous, narrow, illiberal, uncharitable

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1. List of paraphrases for "selfish":

   egotistical, self-seeking, egoistic, self-serving, self-centered, egocentric, self-interested, self-centred, ungenerous, greedy, self-absorbed, selfishness

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How to use selfish in a sentence?

1. Anuj Somany:

   People interfere in a person’s internal family matters not with an intention to resolve the feud, but mere with a selfish interest of showing own importance as a judge. Only foolish individual invites those devilish minds as mediators in own private home dispute.

2. Anuj Somany:

   A person who is a self-centered loves merely oneself and enjoys often being pictured on online posts or thoughts or words and those are only liked by a horde of people who are also of same selfish nature in our materialistic world.

3. Anuj Somany:

   A good thought with a bad or selfish intention will have the multiple ill-effects on the motivation of the audience than even a bit of wrong impact from the bad words of a good or selfless person.

4. Anuj Somany:

   It is so easy to differentiate between a person who is actually good and the people who are just pretending to be good to others, because the former has often a lot of detractors whereas the latter has got regularly a load of selfish supporters around him/her.

5. Jill Cummins:

   It's very selfish of him to have done this to us.

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