unselfish

unselfish

English

Etymology

un- +‎ selfish.

Adjective

unselfish (comparative more unselfish, superlative most unselfish)

1. Not selfish

   The man was in an unselfish mood that day, so decided to give a £20 note to the next charity he came across.

   Synonyms: selfless, generous, altruistic

Synonyms

• altruistic
• generous
• selfless

Antonyms

• selfish

Translations

not selfish; selfless; generous; altruistic

Bulgarian: безкористен (bg) (bezkoristen) Catalan: desinteressat Chinese: Mandarin: 無私的, 无私的 (wúsī) Czech: nesobecký Danish: uselvisk Dutch: onbaatzuchtig (nl), onzelfzuchtig (nl) Finnish: epäitsekäs (fi) French: généreux (fr) Georgian: უანგარო (uangaro), ალტრუისტული (alṭruisṭuli), არაეგოისტური (araegoisṭuri) German: uneigennützig (de), selbstlos (de) Hebrew: please add this translation if you can Hungarian: önzetlen (hu) Italian: altruista (it), altruistico (it) Japanese: 利他的 (ritateki); (generous) 献身的 (kenshinteki) Norwegian: Bokmål: uselvisk (no) Nynorsk: usjølvisk Polish: bezinteresowny (pl) Portuguese: generoso (pt) Romanian: dezinteresat (ro) Russian: бескоры́стный (ru) (beskorýstnyj) Spanish: altruista (es), desprendido (es), generoso (es) Swedish: osjälvisk (sv), oegennyttig, altruistisk (sv)