Peter was an altruistic video game player; he would give items to people who needed them, rather than selling them for personal profit.
Source: tatoeba (1992)
Altruistic
//ˌæl.tɹuˈɪs.tɪk//
Synonyms for "altruistic" (64 found)
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Closest matches (13)
Strong matches (19)
Related words (32)
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4 entriesSynonyms
5 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
7 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
5 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
42 translations across 26 languages.
Armenian
2 entries- ալտրուիստական adj (regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish)
- այլասիրական adj (regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish)
Asturian
1 entries- altruísta adj (regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish)
Catalan
1 entries- altruista adj (regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish)
Czech
1 entries- altruistický adj (regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish)
Danish
2 entries- altruistisk adj (regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish)
- uegennyttig adj (regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish)
Dutch
1 entries- altruïstisch adj (regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish)
Esperanto
1 entries- altruisma adj (regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish)
Finnish
3 entries- altruistinen adj (regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish)
- epäitsekäs adj (regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish)
- pyyteetön adj (regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish)
French
2 entries- altruiste adj (regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish)
- désintéressé adj (regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish)
Galician
1 entries- altruísta adj (regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish)
German
3 entries- altruistisch adj (regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish)
- selbstlos adj (regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish)
- uneigennützig adj (regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish)
Greek
1 entries- αλτρουιστικός adj (regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish)
Hungarian
2 entries- altruista adj (regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish)
- altruisztikus adj (regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish)
Icelandic
3 entries- fórnfús adj (regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish)
- óeigingjarn adj (regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish)
- ósérplæginn adj (regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish)
Italian
2 entries- altruista adj (regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish)
- altruistico adj (regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish)
Japanese
1 entries- 利他的な adj (regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- өзгөчүл adj (regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish)
Norwegian
1 entries- altruistisk adj (regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish)
Polish
2 entries- altruistyczny adj (regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish)
- bezinteresowny adj (regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish)
Portuguese
1 entries- altruísta adj (regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish)
Romanian
3 entries- altruist adj (regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish)
- binefăcător adj (regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish)
- generos adj (regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish)
Russian
1 entries- альтруисти́ческий adj (regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- altruističan adj (regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish)
- алтруистичан adj (regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish)
Spanish
2 entries- altruista adj (regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish)
- altruístico adj (regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish)
Swedish
1 entries- altruistisk adj (regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish)
Turkish
1 entries- özgecil adj (regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
She was impressed with the altruistic service of nurses.
Source: tatoeba (313060)
I also think that someone is sure to use it for selfish and not purely altruistic ends.
Source: tatoeba (2017602)
Tom is altruistic.
Source: tatoeba (6738264)
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