unselfish

un·self·ish

adj \ˌən-ˈsel-fish\

Definition of UNSELFISH

: not selfish : generous

— un·self·ish·ly adverb

— un·self·ish·ness noun

Examples of UNSELFISH

1. She's a very unselfish young woman.
2. <an unselfish man who spends much of his time helping his community>

First Known Use of UNSELFISH

1698

Related to UNSELFISH

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

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

Related Words: 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: mean, petty, small; frugal, spare, sparing, thrifty; chary, stinting; acquisitive, avaricious, avid, coveting, covetous, desirous, grasping, hoggish, itchy, mercenary, rapacious; begrudging, envious, grudging, resentful

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