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Synonyms for selfish
ˈsɛl fɪʃ
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Princeton's WordNet
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
Wiktionary
selfish(adjective)
Synonyms:
egotistic, greedy, egotistical, self-centered, egoisticAntonyms:
philanthropic, selfless, altruisticselfish(adjective)
Holding one’s self-interest as the standard for decision making.
Synonyms:
egoistic, self-centered, egotistical, greedy, egotisticAntonyms:
philanthropic, altruistic, selflessselfish(adjective)
Having regard for oneself above others’ well-being.
Synonyms:
egoistic, egotistical, greedy, self-centered, egotisticAntonyms:
philanthropic, selfless, altruistic
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
selfish
Synonyms:
egotistical, self-minded, self-indulgent, self-worshipful, worldly, illiberal, ungenerous, narrowminded, mercenary, greedyAntonyms:
disinterested, generous, unselfish, handsome, liberal, high-minded, self-denying, magnanimous, patriotic, public-spirited, considerate, accommodating
Dictionary of English Synonymes
selfish(a.)
Synonyms:
illiberal, mean, sordid, mercenary, narrow, narrow-minded, self-seeking
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
selfish(a)
Synonyms:
ungenerous, narrow, illiberal, uncharitable
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "selfish":
egotistical, self-seeking, egoistic, self-serving, self-centered, egocentric, self-interested, self-centred, ungenerous, greedy, self-absorbed, selfishness
Words popularity by usage frequency
rank | word | |
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#18281 | selfish | |
#18694 | greedy | |
#24763 | worldly | |
#30905 | mercenary | |
#38769 | selfishness | |
#64373 | egotistical | |
#89034 | egocentric | |
#115125 | illiberal | |
#144666 | egoistic | |
#236805 | egotistic | |
#239890 | ungenerous |
How to use selfish in a sentence?
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.
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.
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.
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.
It's very selfish of him to have done this to us.
Translations for selfish
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- أنانيArabic
- স্বার্থপরBengali
- egoistaCatalan, Valencian
- sobeckýCzech
- selvisk, egoistiskDanish
- egoistisch, selbstsüchtigGerman
- εγωιστικός, εγωιστήςGreek
- egoístaSpanish
- itsekeskeinen, itsekäsFinnish
- égoïsteFrench
- fèineilScottish Gaelic
- egoista, önzőHungarian
- egoistaItalian
- わがままな, 身勝手な, 自分本位の, 利己的なJapanese
- 자기 본위의, 이기적인, 제멋대로 하는Korean
- خۆ پهرستKurdish
- savanaudisLithuanian
- kaiapoMāori
- egoístaPortuguese
- egoistRomanian
- эгоистичныйRussian
- egoistisk, självcentrerad, själviskSwedish
- mchoyoSwahili
- bencilTurkish
- егоїстичнийUkrainian
- 自私Chinese
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