altruistic
UK/ˌæl.tɹuˈɪs.tɪk/US/ˌæl.tɹuˈɪs.tɪk/
altruistic adjective: regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish.
Adjective
altruistic (comparative more altruistic, superlative most altruistic)
- 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:
- beneficent, humane, philanthropic, selfless, unselfish
- Antonyms:
- egoistic, misanthropic, selfish
altruistic meaning in Tamil and Bengali
altruistic in Tamil
- பொதுநல நோக்குடைய
altruistic in Bengali
- পরার্থপর
Examples of altruistic in a sentence
- Although real love is not altruistic, nor is it narcissistic – a 'me-only', one-way street relationship.
- In fact, the origins of altruistic suicide can probably be traced to early religious ideology.
- He is supported both by fellow tomato-philes and those with a less altruistic motive.
Synonyms of altruistic
Antonyms
Forms of altruistic
| comparative | more altruistic |
|---|---|
| superlative | most altruistic |
Origin of altruistic
From altruist + -ic. See altruism.
Words formed from altruistic
Words that rhyme with altruistic
- artistic
- autistic
- characteristic
- atavistic
- ballistic
- heuristic
- linguistic
- pessimistic
- realistic
- cystic
- futuristic
- histic
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- holistic
- hypocoristic
- mystic
- optimistic
- activistic
- allistic
- cannibalistic
- criminalistic
- economistic
- epiphenomenalistic
- fistic
- heteroantagonistic
- hubristic
- hybristic
- infinitistic
- isoantagonistic
- jingoistic
- journalistic
- librettistic
- malistic
- mistic
- navalistic
- paralinguistic
- pistic
- retrofuturistic
- spiritistic
- supercalifragilistic
- surrealistic
- unartistic
Questions about altruistic
- What does altruistic mean?
- Altruistic means regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish.
- What is altruistic in Tamil?
- Altruistic in Tamil is பொதுநல நோக்குடைய. See Altruistic meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is altruistic?
- Altruistic is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce altruistic?
- Altruistic is pronounced /ˌæl.tɹuˈɪs.tɪk/ (UK).
Words near altruistic in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: altruistic (page history and authors); altruistic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); altruistic (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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