Roget's Thesaurus

#943. Selfishness

Nouns

selfishness etc. adj.; self-love, self-indulgence, self-worship, self-interest; egotism, egoism; amour propre [Fr.], etc. (vanity) 880; nepotism. worldliness etc. adj.; world wisdom. illiberality; meanness etc. adj.. time-pleaser, time-server; tuft-hunter, fortune-hunter; jobber, worldling; egotist, egoist, monopolist, nepotist; dog in the manger, charity that begins at home; canis in praesepi [Lat.], foes to nobleness, temporizer, trimmer.

Verbs

be selfish etc. adj.; please oneself, indulge oneself, coddle oneself; consult one's own wishes, consult one's own pleasure; look after one's own interest; feather one's nest; take care of number one, have an eye to the main chance, know on which side one's bread is buttered; give an inch and take an ell.

Adjectives

selfish; self-seeking, self-indulgent, self-interested, self-centered; wrapped up in self, wrapt up in self, centered in self; egotistic, egotistical; egoistical. illiberal, mean, ungenerous, narrow-minded; mercenary, venal; covetous etc. 819. unspiritual, earthly, earthly-minded; mundane; worldly, worldly-minded; worldly-wise; timeserving. interested; alieni appetens sui profusus [Lat.].

Adverbs

ungenerously etc. adj.; to gain some private ends, from interested motives.

Phrases

apres nous le deluge [Fr.].