selfish
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
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
Related & opposite
- egocentric also see
- inconsiderate also see
- stingy also see
- unselfish antonym
- selfishness derivation
- egotistic similar to
- self-seeking similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | egocentric |
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | inconsiderate |
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | stingy |
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | unselfish |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | selfishness |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | egotistic |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | self-seeking |