Synonyms for jealous
ˈdʒɛl əsjeal·ous

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1. jealous

   One is envious who cherishes selfish ill will toward another because of his superior success, endowments, possessions, or the like. A person is envious of that which is another's, and to which he himself has no right or claim; he is jealous of intrusion upon that which is his own, or to which he maintains a right or claim. An envious spirit is always bad; a jealous spirit may be good or bad, according to its object and tendency. A free people must be jealous of their liberties if they would retain them. One is suspicious of another from unfavorable indications or from a knowledge of wrong in his previous conduct, or even without reason. Compare DOUBT.

   Synonyms:
   envious, suspicious

   Antonyms:
   contented, friendly, kindly, satisfied, trustful, well-disposed

   Preposition:
   Envious of (formerly at or against) a person; envious of his wealth or power; envious of him for, because of, on account of his wealth or power.

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1. jealous

   Synonyms:
   envious, self-anxious, covetous, invidious, suspicious

   Antonyms:
   unenvious, liberal, genial, self-denying, indifferent, unjealous

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1. covetous, envious, jealousadjective

   showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages

   "he was never covetous before he met her"; "jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions"; "envious of their art collection"

   Synonyms:
   grabby, grasping, greedy, avaricious, covetous, green-eyed, envious, prehensile, overjealous

   Antonyms:
   undesirous, trusting, undesiring, trustful

2. jealous, green-eyed, overjealousadjective

   suspicious or unduly suspicious or fearful of being displaced by a rival

   "a jealous lover"

   Synonyms:
   green-eyed, envious, overjealous, covetous

   Antonyms:
   trusting, undesiring, undesirous, trustful

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1. jealousadjective

   Synonyms:
   suspicious (especially of being supplanted in the affections of another)

2. jealousadjective

   Synonyms:
   anxious, apprehensive, solicitous

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1. jealousadjective

   Synonyms:
   suspicious, distrustful

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1. List of paraphrases for "jealous":

   jalous, envious, jealousy, envy

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1. Karen Knotts:

   One thing I will tell you, and one thing that is different from what has been written in books, was that Andy was never jealous of my dad, he was his biggest fan and mentor. Everything later he was in, he wanted to get my dad in, too… He was in my dad’s corner.

2. Tristain Shury:

   There is always more to people's life than what they choose to display. We will never know all the things they when through to get to where they are today. For that reason, admiring people's success should never make us bitter or jealous. Instead, it should motivate us to focus on our callings so that we can all have the success we deserve.

3. Heather Daniels -LRB- @heatheerdaniels -RRB-:

   My uncle lives in Washington, where there are no In-N-Out restaurants, so my grandma would send him pictures of the food to make him jealous, so Heather Daniels -LRB- @heatheerdaniels -RRB- would just have my grandpa hold up the food, so that way my uncle misses my grandpa and the food !

4. RAMANA PEMMARAJU:

   You boast of what you already have yet feel insecure and jealous when you find in same in others. That's how fragile you're, Grow Up!

5. Pat Freeland:

   They need so much one-on-one individual attention. It's just almost impossible to give them that and have them not be jealous of each other.