SELF-INTEREST
SELFISH
Entry: selfish
Function: adjective
Definition: egotistic
Synonyms: egocentric, egoistic, egoistical, egomaniacal, egotistic, egotistical, greedy, hog, mean, mercenary, miserly, narcissistic, narrow, narrow-minded, parsimonious, prejudiced, self-centered, self-indulgent, self-interested, self-seeking, stingy, ungenerous
Concept: behavior (bad)
Entry: covetous
Function: adjective
Definition: greedy
Synonyms: acquisitive, avaricious, avid, bonish, close-fisted, eager, ensurient, envious, gluttonous, grabby, grasping, green-eyed, grudging, hogging, itchy, jealous, jelly, keen, mercenary, piggish, prehensile, rapacious, ravenous, selfish, swinish, voracious, yearning
Antonyms: generous, sharing, benevolent, giving
Concept: desire
Entry: egocentric
Function: adjective
Definition: conceited
Synonyms: egoistic, egoistical, egomaniacal, egotistic, egotistical, individualist, individualistic, megalomaniac, narcissistic, pompous, self-absorbed, self-centered, self-concerned, self-indulgent, self-interested, self-loving, self-serving, selfish, stuck-up, vainglorious
Antonyms: giving, self-effacing, altruistic, humble, modest, selfless
Concept: personality quality
Entry: exclusive
Function: adjective
Definition: restricted
Synonyms: absolute, aloof, aristocratic, chic, choice, chosen, circumscribed, clannish, classy, cliquish, closed, complete, confined, country club, discriminative, elegant, entire, exclusionary, exclusory, fashionable, full, independent, licensed, limited, limited, narrow, only, particular, peculiar, posh, preferential, private, private, privileged, prohibitive, restrictive, ritzy, segregated, select, selfish, single, snobbish, socially correct, sole, swank, total, undivided, unique, upper crust, whole
Antonyms: open, public, unrestricted, inclusive, shared, admissive
Concept: specialization
Entry: grasping
Function: adjective
Definition: greedy
Synonyms: acquisitive, avaricious, avid, close-fisted, covetous, desirous, extorting, extortionate, grabby, itchy, mean, miserly, niggardly, penny-pinching, penurious, prehensile, rapacious, selfish, stingy, tightfisted, usurious, venal
Concept: financial action
Entry: greedy
Function: adjective
Definition: desiring
Synonyms: acquisitive, avaricious, avid, carnivorous, close, closed-fisted, covetous, craving, desirous, devouring, eager, edacious, esurient, gluttonous, gobbling, gormandizing, grabby, grasping, grudging, gulping, guzzling, hoggish, hungry, hungry, impatient, insatiable, insatiate, intemperate, itchy, miserly, niggardly, omnivorous, parsimonious, pennypinching, penurious, piggish, prehensile, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, selfish, selfish, stingy, surfeiting, swinish, tight, tight-fisted, voracious
Concept: desire
Entry: inconsiderate
Function: adjective
Definition: insensitive
Synonyms: boorish, brash, careless, discourteous, hasty, impolite, incautious, indelicate, intolerant, reckless, rude, self-centered, selfish, sharp, short, tactless, thoughtless, unceremonious, uncharitable, ungracious, unkind, unthinking
Concept: unkindness
Entry: little
Function: adjective
Definition: narrow-minded
Synonyms: base, bigoted, borne, cheap, contemptible, hidebound, illiberal, ineffectual, limited, mean, narrow, niggardly, paltry, petty, provincial, self-centered, selfish, set, small, small-minded, vulgar, wicked
Concept: unkindness
Entry: mean
Function: adjective
Definition: ungenerous
Synonyms: beggarly, close, greedy, mercenary, miserly, niggard, niggardly, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penurious, rapacious, scrimpy, selfish, stingy, tight, tight-fisted
Concept: financial action
Entry: mercenary
Function: adjective
Definition: greedy
Synonyms: acquisitive, avaricious, bribable, corrupt, covetous, grabby, grasping, miserly, money-grubbing, selfish, sordid, sordid, stingy, unethical, unprinciples, unscrupulous, venal
Concept: unkindness
EXCLUDE
Entry: exclude
Function: verb
Definition: forbid
Synonyms: ban, bar, bate, blackball, blacklist, block, bounce, boycott, close out, count out, count out, debar, disallow, drive out, eject, eliminate, embargo, estop, evict, except, expel, expel, force out, ignore, interdict, keep out, leave out, lock out, obviate, occlude, omit, ostracize, oust, pass over, preclude, prevent, prohibit, proscribe, put out, refuse, refuse admittane, reject, remove, repudiate, rule out, set aside, shut out, sideline, suspend, throw out, veto, ward off
Antonyms: include, welcome, invite, admit, allow, take in
Concept: exclusion
Entry: ban
Function: verb
Definition: forbid
Synonyms: banish, bar, blackball, close down, close up, curse, declare illegal, disallow, enjoin, exclude, halt, ice out, illegalize, inhibit, interdict, outlaw, pass by, pass up, prevent, prohibit, proscribe, restrict, shut out, suppress, taboo
Antonyms: allow, sanction, approve, legalize, permit
Concept: stopping
Entry: banish
Function: verb
Definition: expel
Synonyms: ban, cast out, deport, deport, discard, discharge, dislodge, dismiss, dispel, drive away, eject, eliminate, eradicate, evict, evict, exclude, excommunicate, exile, expatriate, expulse, extradict, isolate, ostracize, oust, outlaw, proscribe, relegate, remove, rusticate, sequester, shake off, shut out, transport
Antonyms: adopt, invite, embrace, welcome, keep
Concept: removal/subtraction
Entry: bar
Function: verb
Definition: prohibit
Synonyms: ban, boycott, circumvent, condemn, debar, deny, disallow, discountenance, discourage, eliminate, enjoin, except, exclude, exile, forbid, freeze out, frustrate, hinder, interdict, interfere, keep out, limit, obstruct, ostracize, outlaw, override, preclude, prevent, refuse, reject, restrain, rule out, segregate, shut out, stop, suspend
Antonyms: facilitate, aid, abet, advocate, permit
Concept: prevention/restriction
Entry: blacklist
Function: verb
Definition: ban
Synonyms: banish, bar, blackball, boycott, debar, ding, exclude, expel, ostracize, preclude, proscribe, reject, repudiate, siwash, snub, thumbs down, vote against
Antonyms: accept, allow, ask in permit, welcome
Concept: exclusion
Entry: boycott
Function: verb
Definition: ban
Synonyms: avoid, bar, blackball, blacklist, brush off, cut off, embargo, exclude, ice out, ostracize, outlaw, pass by, pass up, prohibit, proscribe, refuse, reject, shut out, snub, spurn, strike, withhold patronage
Antonyms: buy, encourage, patronize, support
Concept: exclusion
Entry: close
Function: verb
Definition: obstruct
Synonyms: bang, bar, block, bolt, button, caulk, choke, clap, clap, clench, clog, confine, congest, cork, dam, exclude, fasten, fill, lock, occlude, plug, put to, retard flow, screen, seal, secure, shut, shut off, shutter, slam, stop up, stopper, stuff, turn off
Antonyms: open, release, unclose, unplug, unseal
Concept: prevention/restriction
Entry: contravene
Function: verb
Definition: contradict
Synonyms: abjure, breach, break, combat, conflict with, counteract, cross, defy, disaffirm, disobey, encroach, exclude, fight, gainsay, hinder, impugn, infract, infringe, interfere, interpose, intrude, negate, offend, oppose, overstep, refute, reject, repudiate, resist, spurn, thwart, transgress, traverse, trespass, violate
Antonyms: agree, aid, approve, assist, consent, endorse, help
Concept: oppositeness
Entry: cut out
Function: verb
Definition: remove
Synonyms: carve, cease, delete, displace, eliminate, excise, exclude, exsect, extirpate, extract, give up, oust, pull out, refrain from, sever, stop, supersede, supplant, supplant, usurp
Antonyms: add, include, let in, admit
Concept: removal/subtraction
Entry: delete
Function: verb
Definition: erase
Synonyms: annul, black out, bleep, blot out, blue-pencil, cancel, clean, clean up, cross out, cut, cut out, decontaminate, dele, destroy, drop, edit, efface, eliminate, exclude, expunge, gut, knock out, launder, obliterate, omit, pass up, remove, rub, rub out, rule out, sanitize, snip, squash, squelch, sterilize, strike out, trim, wipe out
Antonyms: include, insert, add, put in, record
Concept: removal/subtraction