SELFISH PERSON

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Meaning:

A person who is unusually selfish

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("selfish person" is a kind of...):

disagreeable person; unpleasant person (a person who is not pleasant or agreeable)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "selfish person"):

dog in the manger (someone who prevents you from enjoying something that they themselves have no need for)

egocentric; egoist (a self-centered person with little regard for others)

exploiter; user (a person who uses something or someone selfishly or unethically)

hog; pig (a person regarded as greedy and pig-like)

monopoliser; monopolist; monopolizer (someone who monopolizes the means of producing or selling something)

narcissist; narcist (someone in love with themselves)

opportunist; self-seeker (a person who places expediency above principle)