unselfish
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Synonyms & Antonyms for unselfish
Synonyms
bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, charitable, free, freehanded, freehearted, fulsome, generous, liberal, munificent, open, openhanded, unsparing, unstinting
Antonyms
cheap, close, closefisted, costive, illiberal [archaic], mingy, miserly, niggardly, parsimonious, penurious, selfish, stingy, stinting, tight, tightfisted, uncharitable, ungenerous
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Wouldn’t the unselfish thing to do be to throw the match and let Jenni take the scholarship? — Melody Chiu, PEOPLE.com, "Get a First Look at Kobe Bryant's Upcoming Young Adult Novel Legacy and The Queen," 26 July 2019 The unselfish strategy paid off with open looks at the basket that resulted in easy buckets. — Emmett Hall, sun-sentinel.com, "Heat Wave cools off Hurricanes in Holiday Park youth hoops action," 24 July 2019 In addition to that, Sophie is truly an unselfish player. — Mitch Stephens, SFChronicle.com, "Jerry Phillips, longtime Sacred Heart Cathedral coach, mourned after dying at age 85," 25 June 2019 Ed was a wonderful, unselfish father, supportive of his children's interests and patiently chauffeuring them to their activities. — courant.com, "Edwin F. Snelgrove," 9 June 2019 But everybody else are reliant on movement, passing and unselfish teamwork for their offense. — Percy Allen, The Seattle Times, "Three takeaways from Washington’s 73-55 season-opening win over Western Kentucky," 7 Nov. 2018 Each of us must take a moment to reflect on their unselfish quest to uphold the ideals symbolized by our flag — liberty and justice for all. — Dahleen Glanton, chicagotribune.com, "In new national anthem policy, the NFL tramples on First Amendment," 28 May 2018 Fecci said Aaron was unselfish and did what was necessary for the team. — Sarah Sarder, Dallas News, "McKinney North student, 16, drowns in pond at Stonebridge Ranch Country Club," 9 July 2019 Can natural selection promote truly unselfish traits, behaviors that are good for the group, but not necessarily to the benefit of individuals (or their immediate kin)? — Quanta Magazine, "Elusive Form of Evolution Seen in Spiders," 2 Oct. 2014These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'unselfish.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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