as in opportunist
one who does things only for his own benefit and with little regard for right and wrong
he's a self-seeker who is nice only to people who can do him favors
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Recent Examples of self-seeker
Thus the self-seekers and the doctrinaires were drawn together into an alliance to maintain the status quo, and all its abuses and inequalities were made sacrosanct.
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Foreign Affairs, 18 Dec. 2011
Foreign Affairs, 18 Dec. 2011
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-seeker
Noun
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He has been shown, as countless others have been, that to a political opportunist, no friend is indispensable and nothing is safe.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
5 June 2025
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For example, we’ve been approached by opportunists offering to file simple forms that require no negotiation — for a 10% cut.—
Robert Kaplan,
Mercury News,
3 June 2025
Noun
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His characters come off as feisty egoists who enjoy sparring and comparing the size of their ambitions.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
13 May 2025
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The adage about egoists who want to be the bride at every wedding proved literally true.—
Danny Heitman,
Christian Science Monitor,
9 May 2025
Noun
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Hall, a 33-year-old former MVP who’d spent 1 1/2 seasons of his dwindling prime killing time on an NHL bottom-feeder, did in May exactly what Carolina acquired him to do back in January.—
Sean Gentille,
New York Times,
13 May 2025
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And a lot of them are like the rig shark — smaller bottom-feeders, eaten by larger sharks and humans alike.—
Julie Depenbrock,
NPR,
3 Apr. 2025
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One of them estimated the shark was about 10 feet long.—
Jillian Frankel,
People.com,
3 June 2025
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The shark gnawed on his surfboard, but Heller was unharmed.—
Joe Edwards,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 June 2025
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“Self-seeker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-seeker. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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