Synonyms for altruistic
al·tru·is·tic

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1. altruisticadjective

   Regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish

   His helping the old woman with her shopping was deemed highly altruistic by everyone, especially since her home was a mile away.

   Synonyms:
   unselfish, selfless, humane, philanthropic, beneficent

   Antonyms:
   selfish, egoistic, misanthropic

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1. altruistic, selflessadjective

   showing unselfish concern for the welfare of others

   Synonyms:
   selfless

   Antonyms:
   egoistical, self-involved, egocentric, self-centered, self-centred, self-absorbed, egoistic

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1. List of paraphrases for "altruistic":

   selfless, unselfish

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1. Gawain Kripke:

   There is someone, a shareholder or management or an owner, who is literally making profit out of this humanitarian, altruistic motive on the part of everybody else involved. The optics aren't that great.

2. Ashkan Soltani:

   I don't think it's purely altruistic, it allows the company to get out of some of its obligations of moderating or eliminating problematic content.

3. Melissa Jacobs:

   They just sort of gloss over things to make it seem as if everybody is this wonderful, altruistic person.

4. Ayn Rand:

   Every major horror of history was committed in the name of an altruistic motive.

5. Steve Reszka:

   My mom's brother was a full-blown diabetic and he died far too early. My mom's sister also died after having diabetes, i signed up for a trial in part to be altruistic and in part because I wanted to see if the drug they were testing would help me.