Dictionary Definition
unselfish adj
1 not selfish [ant: selfish]
2 not greedy
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
Adjective
- Not selfish;
selfless; generous; altruistic.
- The man was in an unselfish mood that day, so decided to give a £20 note to the next charity he came across.
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Translations
not selfish; selfless; generous; altruistic
- trreq Chinese
- trreq Czech
- Dutch: onbaatzuchtig, onzelfzuchtig
- Finnish: epäitsekäs
- French: généreux , généreuse
- German: uneigennützig, selbstlos
- trreq Hebrew
- Hungarian: önzetlen
- Italian: altruista, altruistico
- Japanese: sc=Jpan; qualifier generous sc=Jpan
- trreq Portuguese
- Russian: бескорыстный (beskorýstnyj)
- Spanish: generoso, desprendido
- Swedish: osjälvisk
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Olympian, altruistic, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, candid, charitable, committed, consecrated, dedicated, detached, devoted, disinterested, dispassionate, free, freehanded, freehearted, generous, giving, gracious, greathearted, handsome, hospitable, humanitarian, humble, impartial, impersonal, large, largehearted, lavish, liberal, lofty, magnanimous, modest, munificent, neutral, open, open-handed, openhanded, openhearted, philanthropic, princely, profuse, sacrificing, self-abasing,
self-abnegating, self-abnegatory, self-denying, self-devoted,
self-effacing, self-forgetful, self-immolating, self-neglectful,
self-neglecting, self-renouncing, self-sacrificing,
self-unconscious, selfless, stintless, unacquisitive, unbiased, ungrudging, uninfluenced, unpossessive, unpretentious, unsparing, unsparing of self,
unstinted, unstinting, unswayed