Self-serving
Self-serving adjective - Overly concerned with one's own desires, needs, or interests.
Usage example: she's just another self-serving politician who puts her own ambitions above the public good
Smug and self-serving are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Smug" instead an adjective phrase "Self-serving".
Smug
Smug adjective - Having too high an opinion of oneself.
Self-serving and smug are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Self-serving" instead an adjective "Smug".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- self-important and self-serving
- self-important and smug
- haughty and self-serving
- haughty and smug
- pompous and self-serving
- pompous and smug
- superior and self-serving
- superior and smug
- conceited and self-serving
- conceited and smug
- egotistic and self-serving
- egotistic and smug
- snobbish and self-serving
- snobbish and smug
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