Selfish

/ˈsɛlf.ɪʃ/

Synonyms for "selfish" (114 found)

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Closest matches (23)

Strong matches (34)

Adjective(4 words)
Adjective(6 words)
greediergreedy methodgreedy strategyhoggishleast communal attitudenoncharitable
Noun(2 words)
greedy heuristicleast communals
Verb(1 words)
Adverb(1 words)
less communal spaces

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Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

2 entries
behavioral traitpersonality trait

More specific

2 entries
egocentricself serving

Collocations

6 entries
selfish actselfish behaviorselfish decisionselfish interestselfish motiveselfish person

Inflections

2 entries
more selfishmost selfish

Derivations

2 entries

Antonyms

1 entries

similar

9 entries

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I don't intend to be selfish.

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Perhaps you are right, I have been selfish.

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It is true that she is pretty, but she is selfish.

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Above all things, we must not be selfish.

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