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How to pronounce unselfish:

Synonyms for unselfish:

altruistic
benevolent
bighearted
bounteous
bountiful
charitable
compassionate
considerate
devoted
disinterested
fulsome
generous
handsome
humanitarian
kind
liberal
magnanimous
munificent
noble
open
openhanded
public-spirited
self-denying
self-forgetful
self-giving
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Antonyms for unselfish:

acquisitive
apathetic
avaricious
bad
begrudging
biased
boorish
brash
callous
careful
careless
cautious
chary
cheap
chintzy
churlish
close
close-fisted
closefisted
cold-hearted
costive
covetous
curmudgeonly
deleterious
depleted
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