self-seeking

1. 1.

   taking advantage of opportunities without regard for the consequences for others

   Synonymsopportunismself-interestexpedience

   Broaderselfishness

1. 1.

   interested only in yourself

   Synonymsself-serving

   Similarselfish

Questions about self-seeking

What does self-seeking mean?

self-seeking means "taking advantage of opportunities without regard for the consequences for others". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in self-seeking?

self-seeking has 3 syllables: self--see-king. The stress falls on "self-".

What is another word for self-seeking?

Close synonyms include opportunism, self-interest, expedience, self-serving. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is self-seeking a common word?

self-seeking is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.