Meanings
nounself-seeker (plural self-seekers)
plural self-seekers · alternative selfseeker
- A self-seeking person.
'They are all self-seekers - every one.'
1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 232
Synonyms & antonyms
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*swé?
- Proto-Indo-European*selbʰ-
- Proto-Germanic*selbaz
- Old Englishself
- Old Englishself-
- Middle Englishself-
- Englishself-
- Englishseeker
- Englishself-seeker
Translations
Finnish oman edun tavoittelija
- oman edun tavoittelijaa self-seeking person
French égocentrique
- égocentriquea self-seeking person
Polish samolub, samolubka
- samoluba self-seeking person
- samolubkaa self-seeking person
Russian рвач, шку́рник
- рвач (rvač)a self-seeking person
- шку́рник (škúrnik)a self-seeking person
- своекоры́стный челове́к (svojekorýstnyj čelovék)a self-seeking person
Turkish çıkarcı
- çıkarcıa self-seeking person
Cite this entry
APA
self-seeker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-seeker
MLA
“self-seeker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-seeker. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “self-seeker,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-seeker.
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