self-seeking
11self-seeking — ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you describe someone as self seeking, you disapprove of them because they are interested only in doing things which give them an advantage over other people. He said that democracy would open the way for self seeking… …
12self-seeking — adjective the self seeking players would get humbled fast by Coach Higgins Syn: self interested, self serving, selfish; egocentric, egotistic, egotistical, self obsessed, self absorbed; inconsiderate, thoughtless, unthinking; informal looking… …
13self-seeking — {adj.} Given to egotism and self aggrandizement. * /Al is the most self seeking person I ve ever met, he is not fun to be around./ …
14self-seeking — {adj.} Given to egotism and self aggrandizement. * /Al is the most self seeking person I ve ever met, he is not fun to be around./ …
15self-seeking — adj Given to egotism and self aggrandizement. Al is the most self seeking person I ve ever met, he is not fun to be around …
16self-seeking — adjective doing things only because they will give you an advantage that other people do not have: a self seeking politician …
17self-seeking — Synonyms and related words: acquisitive, acquisitiveness, ambitious for self, autism, autistic, careerism, careerist, ego trip, egoistic, egomaniacal, egotism, egotistic, egotistical, grasping, graspingness, greed, greedy, individualism,… …
18self-seeking — n 1. selfishness, self indulgence, self gratification, self satisfaction, self serving; egoism, self consideration, self interest, self aggrandizement, Inf. looking out for number one; personalism, privatism, individualism; personal ambition,… …
19self-seeking — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. self indulgent, rapacious, avaricious; see greedy 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Concerned only with oneself: egocentric, egoistic, egoistical, egomaniacal, egotistic, egotistical, self absorbed, self centered …
20self-seeking — adj. & n. seeking one s own welfare before that of others. Derivatives: self seeker n …
