Synonyms of selfless

selfless

adjective

as in generous

having or showing great concern for other people and little or no concern for yourself

a selfless act

selfless dedication to helping the most in need

Related Words

• generous
• philanthropic
• compassionate
• charitable
• thoughtful
• humane
• humanitarian
• unselfish
• noble
• gracious
• sweet
• altruistic
• liberal
• gentle
• mild
• considerate
• benevolent
• magnanimous
• merciful
• attentive
• kind
• warm
• good
• sympathetic
• munificent
• brotherly
• kindhearted
• beneficent
• kindly
• unsparing
• openhearted
• good-hearted
• friendly
• tender
• benignant
• solicitous
• warmhearted
• softhearted
• pleasant
• tenderhearted
• benign
• forgiving
• good-natured
• nice
• companionable
• freehanded
• patient
• understanding
• greathearted
• affable
• neighborly
• comradely
• genial
• cordial
• amicable
• lenient
• forbearing
• soft
• good-tempered
• tolerant
• pitying
• clement
• cruelty-free
• anticruelty

Dissimilar Words

• ruthless
• pitiless
• merciless
• thoughtless
• insensitive
• uncaring
• unthinking
• inconsiderate
• tough
• severe
• stern
• harsh
• grim
• malignant
• unsentimental
• malicious
• spiteful
• malevolent
• mean
• hateful
• virulent
• malign
• ironhearted
• cruel
• nasty
• uncharitable
• heartless
• brutal
• callous
• stonyhearted
• vicious
• inhuman
• sadistic
• savage
• unkind
• unsympathetic
• unfeeling
• inhumane
• barbaric
• heavy-handed
• brute
• bestial
• barbarous
• brutish
• hard-boiled
• atrocious
• truculent
• fiendish
• insensate
• uncompassionate
• cold-blooded
• hard-hearted
• antihumanitarian
• unkindly
• wanton

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of selfless

Your entire roster - or at least nearly all of your roster - must be selfless, buy in, and put winning ahead of personal goals. — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 18 Aug. 2026

That selfless approach is what MLB’s premier organization and latest dynasty loves most about Muncy. — Joaquin Ruiz, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2026

For his contributions to reforming education in Ladakh, Wangchuk was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award, a prestigious Asia-wide honor presented for selfless and transformative service to society, in 2018. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 July 2026

Organ and whole body donation are often understood as the ultimate selfless acts — a grieving family using their loss to improve someone else’s life, or further scientific research. — Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 13 July 2026