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unselfish

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of unselfish

giving or sharing in abundance and without hesitation

an unselfish man who spends much of his time helping his community

Synonyms of unselfish

bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, charitable, free, freehanded, freehearted, fulsome, generous, liberal, munificent, open, openhanded, unsparing, unstinting

Words Related to unselfish

extravagant, handsome, lavish, overgenerous, profuse

altruistic, beneficent, benevolent, hospitable, humanitarian, philanthropic (also philanthropical)

big, greathearted, largehearted, magnanimous, openhearted

compassionate, good-hearted, kind, kindly, samaritan, sympathetic

Near Antonyms of unselfish

mean, petty, small

frugal, spare, sparing, thrifty

chary, stinting

acquisitive, avaricious, avid, coveting, covetous, desirous, grasping, hoggish, itchy, mercenary, rapacious

begrudging, envious, grudging, resentful

Antonyms of unselfish

cheap, close, closefisted, costive, illiberal [archaic], mingy, miserly, niggardly, parsimonious, penurious, selfish, stingy, stinting, tight, tightfisted, uncharitable, ungenerous

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