self-serving

adjective

self-serv·​ing ˌself-ˈsər-viŋ 

: serving one's own interests often in disregard of the truth or the interests of others

self-servingly adverb

Synonyms of self-serving

• selfish

Examples of self-serving in a Sentence

she's just another self-serving politician who puts her own ambitions above the public good

Recent Examples on the Web

This, in fact, is how Palantir prices its offerings (so there’s the self-serving bit). — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 7 July 2026

And yet his insistence that his campaign wasn’t really about him, however self-serving, contains more than a seed of truth. — Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 7 July 2026

The lawsuit states that Kuka has singlehandedly caused irreparable harm to Boca View by refusing to abide by Florida law and the association’s own bylaws in order to further her self-serving agenda. — Nicole R. Kurtz, Miami Herald, 1 July 2026

Elmosnino is an amusing villain, making his most self-serving machinations sound reasonable. — Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1615, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for self-serving

• conserving
• deserving
• observing
• preserving
• reserving
• subserving
• unnerving
• unswerving
• curving
• serving
• swerving
• undeserving