I don't intend to be selfish.
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Selfish
//ˈsɛlf.ɪʃ//
Synonyms for "selfish" (105 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (21)
Strong matches (32)
Adjective(2 words)
Adjective(11 words)
Related words (52)
Related word relations
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9 entriesAntonyms
5 entriesSynonyms
6 entriesRelated terms
2 entriescoordinate
2 entriesderived
9 entriesderived from
1 entriesdistinct from
3 entriesrelated to
4 entriessimilar
11 entriesTranslations
117 translations across 51 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- أَنَانِيّ adj (having regard for one's own well-being above that of others)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- xudbin adj (holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making)
- xudbin adj (having regard for one's own well-being above that of others)
Belarusian
1 entries- эгаісты́чны adj (holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making)
Bengali
2 entries- স্বার্থপর adj (holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making)
- স্বার্থপর adj (having regard for one's own well-being above that of others)
Bulgarian
3 entries- егоистичен adj (holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making)
- егоистичен adj (having regard for one's own well-being above that of others)
- себичен adj (holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making)
Catalan
2 entries- egoista adj (holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making)
- egoista adj (having regard for one's own well-being above that of others)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- خۆ پەرِست adj (having regard for one's own well-being above that of others)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 自私 adj (holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 自私 adj (holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making)
Czech
2 entries- sobecký adj (holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making)
- sobecký adj (having regard for one's own well-being above that of others)
Danish
4 entries- egoistisk adj (holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making)
- egoistisk adj (having regard for one's own well-being above that of others)
- selvisk adj (holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making)
- selvisk adj (having regard for one's own well-being above that of others)
Dutch
2 entries- egoïstisch adj (having regard for one's own well-being above that of others)
- zelfzuchtig adj (having regard for one's own well-being above that of others)
Esperanto
4 entries- egoisma adj (holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making)
- egoisma adj (having regard for one's own well-being above that of others)
- memama adj (holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making)
- memama adj (having regard for one's own well-being above that of others)
Finnish
4 entries- itsekeskeinen adj (holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making)
- itsekeskeinen adj (having regard for one's own well-being above that of others)
- itsekäs adj (holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making)
- itsekäs adj (having regard for one's own well-being above that of others)
French
2 entries- égoïste adj (holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making)
- égoïste adj (having regard for one's own well-being above that of others)
Galician
1 entries- egoísta adj (holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making)
German
3 entries- egoistisch adj (holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making)
- egozentrisch adj (holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making)
- selbstsüchtig adj (holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐍃 adj (holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making)
Greek
2 entries- εγωιστής adj (holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making)
- εγωιστικός adj (having regard for one's own well-being above that of others)
Hindi
2 entries- मतलबी adj (holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making)
- स्वार्थी adj (holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making)
Hungarian
2 entries- egoista adj (having regard for one's own well-being above that of others)
- önző adj (holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making)
Icelandic
1 entries- sjálfhverfur adj (having regard for one's own well-being above that of others)
Indonesian
2 entries- egoistis adj (holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making)
- egoistis adj (having regard for one's own well-being above that of others)
Irish
4 entries- cóngarach duit féin adj (holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making)
- féineach adj (holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making)
- leithleach adj (holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making)
- leithleach adj (having regard for one's own well-being above that of others)
Italian
2 entries- egoista adj (holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making)
- egoista adj (having regard for one's own well-being above that of others)
Japanese
4 entries- わがままな adj (having regard for one's own well-being above that of others)
- 利己的な adj (having regard for one's own well-being above that of others)
- 勝手な adj (holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making)
- 我が儘な adj (having regard for one's own well-being above that of others)
Kabuverdianu
1 entries- langon adj (holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making)
Kazakh
1 entries- өзімшіл adj (holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making)
Korean
4 entries- 이기적(利己的)이다 adj (holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making)
- 자기 본위(自己本位)의 adj (holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making)
- 자애적(自愛的)이다 adj (having regard for one's own well-being above that of others)
- 제멋대로 하다 adj (holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- өзүмчүл adj (holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making)
Lithuanian
2 entries- savanaudis adj (holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making)
- savanaudis adj (having regard for one's own well-being above that of others)
Malayalam
1 entries- സ്വാർത്ഥ adj (holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making)
Māori
2 entries- kaiapo adj (holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making)
- tūmatarau adj (holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making)
Norman
2 entries- offrun adj (holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making)
- offrun adj (having regard for one's own well-being above that of others)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- egoistisk adj (holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making)
- egoistisk adj (having regard for one's own well-being above that of others)
- selvisk adj (holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making)
- selvisk adj (having regard for one's own well-being above that of others)
Norwegian Nynorsk
4 entries- egoistisk adj (holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making)
- egoistisk adj (having regard for one's own well-being above that of others)
- sjølvisk adj (holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making)
- sjølvisk adj (having regard for one's own well-being above that of others)
Polish
3 entries- egoistyczny adj (holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making)
- samolubny adj (holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making)
- samolubny adj (having regard for one's own well-being above that of others)
Portuguese
2 entries- egoísta adj (holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making)
- egoísta adj (having regard for one's own well-being above that of others)
Romanian
2 entries- egoist adj (holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making)
- egoist adj (having regard for one's own well-being above that of others)
Russian
2 entries- эгоисти́чный adj (holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making)
- эгоисти́чный adj (having regard for one's own well-being above that of others)
Sanskrit
2 entries- स्वार्थिन् adj (holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making)
- स्वार्थिन् adj (having regard for one's own well-being above that of others)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- fèineil adj (holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making)
- fèineil adj (having regard for one's own well-being above that of others)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- sebičan adj (holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making)
Slovak
2 entries- sebecký adj (holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making)
- sebecký adj (having regard for one's own well-being above that of others)
Spanish
2 entries- egoísta adj (holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making)
- egoísta adj (having regard for one's own well-being above that of others)
Swedish
4 entries- egoistisk adj (having regard for one's own well-being above that of others)
- självcentrerad adj (holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making)
- självisk adj (holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making)
- självisk adj (having regard for one's own well-being above that of others)
Turkish
4 entries- bencil adj (holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making)
- bencil adj (having regard for one's own well-being above that of others)
- egoist adj (holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making)
- egoist adj (having regard for one's own well-being above that of others)
Ukrainian
2 entries- егоїсти́чний adj (holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making)
- кори́сливий adj (holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making)
Urdu
1 entries- خود غرض adj (holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making)
Vietnamese
1 entries- ích kỷ adj (having regard for one's own well-being above that of others)
Zazaki
2 entries- pekhil adj (holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making)
- pexil adj (holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
Perhaps you are right, I have been selfish.
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It is true that she is pretty, but she is selfish.
Source: tatoeba (21690)
Above all things, we must not be selfish.
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