altruistic

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: al=tru=is=tic

CIDE DICTIONARY

altruistic, a. [Cf. F. altruiste, a. See Altruism..].

 Regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish; -- opposed to egoistic or selfish.  [1913 Webster]

THESAURUS

altruistic

almsgiving, beneficent, benevolent, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, charitable, committed, consecrated, considerate, dedicated, devoted, disinterested, eleemosynary, freehearted, generous, good, greathearted, humane, humanitarian, humble, kind, largehearted, liberal, magnanimous, modest, noble-minded, open-handed, philanthropic, sacrificing, self-abasing, self-abnegating, self-abnegatory, self-denying, self-devoted, self-effacing, self-forgetful, self-immolating, self-neglectful, self-neglecting, self-renouncing, self-sacrificing, self-unconscious, selfless, unacquisitive, unpossessive, unpretentious, unselfish, unsparing of self, welfare, welfare statist, welfarist