Synonyms for envious
ˈɛn vi əsen·vi·ous

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1. envious

   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:
   jealous, 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.

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:4.0 / 3 votes

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, jealous, prehensile, overjealous

   Antonyms:
   undesiring, undesirous

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1. enviousadjective

   Synonyms:
   jealous, disposed to envy

2. enviousadjective

   Synonyms:
   grudging

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1. List of paraphrases for "envious":

   jealous

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1. RJ Intindola:

   Everybody loves and desires success, but they dislike and are envious of successful people.

2. Plutarch:

   It is the usual consolation of the envious, if they cannot maintain their superiority, to represent those by whom they are surpassed as inferior to some one else.

3. Shira Gabriel Klaiman:

   Many people are reporting feeling jealous or even depressed when they see that other people are getting a shot and they don't even know when they will be eligible, this is exacerbated by the inequality in the way that the vaccine has been delivered. People who don't have time to hunt down appointments may be envious when they see that others have them.

4. Zora Neale Hurston, "Their Eyes Were Watching God":

   An envious heart makes a treacherous ear.

5. Pindar:

   Very distasteful is excessive fame To the sour palate of the envious mind, Who hears with grief his neighbours good by name, And hates the fortune that he ne?er shall find.