This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

• Lexulous
• Wordscraper
• Wordosaur

adj. Concerned chiefly or only with oneself: "Selfish men were . . . trying to make capital for themselves out of the sacred cause of human rights” ( Maria Weston Chapman).

adj. Arising from, characterized by, or showing selfishness: a selfish whim.

adj. Holding one’s self-interest as the standard for decision making.

adj. Having regard for oneself above others’ well-being.

adj. Caring supremely or unduly for one's self; regarding one's own comfort, advantage, etc., in disregard, or at the expense, of those of others.

adj. Believing or teaching that the chief motives of human action are derived from love of self.

Caring only for self; influenced solely or chiefly by motives of personal or private pleasure or advantage: as, a selfish person.

Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of one who cares solely or chiefly for his own personal or private pleasure, interest, or advantage; proceeding from love of self: as, selfish motives.

Synonyms Mean, illiberal, self-seeking.

adj. concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others

"Nor yet would the term selfish apply to an East End music hall audience when they eject any one who belongs to a different social class to themselves and wears good clothes."

self-serving    egotistic    self-loving    egotistical    narcissistic    self-seeking   

unselfish    generous    altruistic    philanthropic    selfless   

egoistic    selfish theory of morals    self-serving   

selfishly    selfishness   

self-centered    self-interested    sordid    mercenary    egoistic    self-regarding    factious    piggish    hoggish    egotistic   

elfish   

cruel    stupid    arrogant    ignorant    greedy    jealous    passionate    unjust    corrupt    cowardly