Synonyms and antonyms of Selfish, greedy and not generous in British Thesaurus

selfish (adjective)

thinking only about yourself and not caring about other people

greedy (adjective)

wanting more money, things, or power than you need

cynical (adjective)

someone who is cynical believes that people care only about themselves and are not sincere or honest

self-centred (adjective)

showing disapproval too interested in yourself, so that you do not think about what other people feel or need

self-seeking (adjective)

interested only in doing what will be good for you

ungenerous (adjective)

not willing to help people or give them money

self-serving (adjective)

used about people who do self-serving things

inward-looking (adjective)

not interested in other people or things that do not affect you

self-absorbed (adjective)

too concerned about yourself and not interested in other people

cynical (adjective)

willing to let other people be harmed so that you can get an advantage

acquisitive (adjective)

formal trying to get things, especially because you want them, rather than because you need them

chintzy (adjective)

Americaninformal someone who is chintzy does not like to spend money or give things to people

(the) devil take the hindmost ()

used for talking about a situation where people do only what is best for themselves and do not care what happens to other people

every man for himself ()

used for saying that everyone needs to look after themselves and not worry about anyone else

grasping (adjective)

only interested in getting as much money as possible

mercenary (adjective)

showing disapproval interested only in the money or other personal advantages that you can get from something

mingy (adjective)

Britishinformal not generous to other people

moneygrabbing (adjective)

showing disapproval very interested in money and trying to get as much money as possible

niggardly (adjective)

formal not generous, or not willing to spend money

on the make ()

trying to get an advantage or earn some money

parasitic (adjective)

a parasitic person lives by getting money, food, and other things from other people

rapacious (adjective)

very formal never satisfied until you have taken everything that you can take

self-serving (adjective)

having an effect that is designed to benefit itself or the person who does it

voracious (adjective)

formal willing to do anything in order to get money or gain an advantage