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Having concern for one's own welfare and interests before those of others

Having or showing a strong desire and determination to succeed

Inclined to promote only one's own profit or interests

Unethical, especially due to being overly concerned with making money

Opportunistically hypocritical and temporizing, prioritizing personal gain over principle

Involving immoral behavior

Great interest in oneself to the exclusion of others

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Adjective

Having concern for one's own welfare and interests before those of others

individualistic

self-centred^UK

self-centered^US

self-interested

self-preoccupied

self-infatuated

wrapped up in oneself

stuck on oneself

looking after number one

full of yourself

looking out for number one

wrapped up with oneself

having a swelled head

self-sufficient

in love with oneself

in love with yourself

self-opinionated

self-congratulatory

high-and-mighty

too big for your boots

high and mighty

full of oneself

self-glorifying

holier-than-thou

pleased with oneself

too big for your breeches

pleased with yourself

proud of oneself

full of hot air

too big for your britches

think too highly of oneself

have an excessively high opinion of oneself

think a lot of oneself

self-complacent

self-flattering

self-gratulatory

self-dramatizing

self-applauding

blowing one's own horn

sure of yourself

think one is the cat's pyjamas

think one is the cat's whiskers

think one is God's gift

on your high horse

self-respecting

I'm all right, Jack

flushed with success

proud of yourself

like a cat that has swallowed the canary

like the cat that's got the cream

nose in the air

blowing one's own trumpet

like the cat that got the cream

resting on your laurels

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“Zambians should be commended for ignoring the flopped demonstration organised by frustrated and self-seeking politicians who were hoping to gunner some political capital out of the ill-conceived exercise.”

Adjective

Having or showing a strong desire and determination to succeed

like a ball of fire

desiring success

upwardly mobile

highly motivated

divinely inspired

not backward in coming forward

full of get-up-and-go

pulling no punches

bound and determined

intensely competitive

stop at nothing

having killer instinct

fiercely competitive

full of determination

endeavouring^UK

keen as mustard

entrepreneurial

not taking no for an answer

spoiling for a fight

ready for action

bright-eyed and bushy-tailed

full of oneself

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“She is a self-seeking entrepreneur who relentlessly pursues success in her business endeavors.”

Adjective

Inclined to promote only one's own profit or interests

“John's self-seeking behavior often led him to make decisions that prioritized his own personal gain over the well-being of others.”

Adjective

Unethical, especially due to being overly concerned with making money

unconscientious

dishonourable^UK

dishonorable^US

unsportsmanlike

double-crossing

not to be trusted

against the rules

beyond contempt

beyond the pale

not to be depended on

against the law

under-the-table

cloak-and-dagger

good-for-nothing

under the table

of dubious character

potentially illegal

beneath contempt

demoralizing^US

demoralising^UK

under the counter

open to bribery

not trustworthy

all talk and no action

not to be relied upon

good-for-naught

gone to the dogs

not entirely truthful

terminologically inexact

economical with the truth

without scruples

without standards

of bad reputation

contrary to the rules

hole-and-corner

dishonest-looking

mysterious-looking

strange-looking

playing politics

not straightforward

unsophisticated

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Adjective

Opportunistically hypocritical and temporizing, prioritizing personal gain over principle

Adjective

Involving immoral behavior

dishonourable^UK

dishonorable^US

beyond the pale

beyond contempt

beneath contempt

undistinguished

unsportsmanlike

underprivileged

inconsequential

good-for-naught

good-for-nothing

unconscientious

against the rules

open to bribery

stomach-churning

stomach-turning

double-crossing

gone to the dogs

dissatisfactory

a load of pants

bargain-basement

ill-humoured^UK

evil-intentioned

confrontational

uncompassionate

like a bear with a sore head

on a short fuse

uncomplimentary

as cross as two sticks

rubbing the wrong way

having got out of bed on the wrong side

having got out of bed the wrong side

red in tooth and claw

Mephistophelian

ill-intentioned

out for revenge

mephistophelean

gossip-mongering

perversely irritable

hot under the collar

easily offended

apt to fly off the handle

unfavourable^UK

dishonouring^UK

socially impaired

undisciplinable

ill-disciplined

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Noun

Great interest in oneself to the exclusion of others

thoughtlessness

inconsiderateness

self-preoccupation

self-absorption

self-centeredness

self-involvement

lack of consideration

self-centredness

looking after number one

looking out for number one

insensitiveness

self-indulgence

self-importance

swellheadedness

self-admiration

self-confidence

self-possession

vaingloriousness

self-congratulation

self-assumption

self-satisfaction

pretentiousness

high-handedness

self-righteousness

self-assuredness

contemptuousness

overbearingness

superciliousness

high opinion of oneself

good opinion of oneself

blowing one's own trumpet

self-aggrandizement

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