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selfish

/ˈsɛlf.ɪʃ/adjective2 syllables

Selfish means: concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others.

Synonyms for selfish27

adjective, as in concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others

egoistic, egoistical, egocentric, self-centered, self-centred, self-serving, self-seeking, egotistic, egotistical, narcissistic, self-loving, self-absorbed, self-involved, inconsiderate, stingy, ungenerous

also used for selfish

greedy, every man for himself, idiocentric, individualistic, interested, porkish, reptilian, selflike, selfsome, self-interested, self-minded

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Opposites of selfish

unselfish

What does selfish mean?1

adjective

1

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”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with selfish?1

two syllables

shellfish
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Selfish in a sentence

  • While it's true that she's beautiful, she's also selfish.ravensfeather
  • She may be beautiful, but she's selfish too.ravensfeather
  • It is true that she is pretty, but she is selfish.Eldad
  • Above all things, we must not be selfish.CM
  • It's true that she's pretty, but she's selfish.CK
  • You need to stop being so selfish, you know.nana2capriccio
  • He turned out to be arrogant, hypocritical and selfish.rul
  • Yanni is a greedy, selfish, and manipulative person.Amastan

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Forms of selfish

as a adjective

comparative
selfisher
superlative
selfishest