Antonyms 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.

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

   Synonyms:
   envious, suspicious

   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

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

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

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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"

   Antonyms:
   undesirous, trusting, undesiring, trustful

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

2. jealous, green-eyed, overjealousadjective

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

   "a jealous lover"

   Antonyms:
   trusting, undesiring, undesirous, trustful

   Synonyms:
   green-eyed, envious, overjealous, covetous

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1. jealousadjective

   Synonyms:
   suspicious, distrustful

How to use jealous in a sentence?

1. New York:

   Ben Jealous is kind of the progressive candidate running against Rushern Baker, who is more the establishment-type candidate, it does have some echoes of Bernie Sanders versus Clinton from two years ago.

2. Jim Burroughs:

   I don't believe these feelings are mutually exclusive, i think you can admire what someone has, but also be jealous of what they have as a result of these implicit comparisons to yourself. So when you see the' real housewife' who drives a Bentley you can simultaneously admire her and resent her.

3. Clarence Darrow:

   Liberty is the most jealous and exacting mistress that can beguile the soul and brain of man.

4. Ron Coleman:

   Luckily, the First Amendment is one value [the university] will have to reckon with. The U.S. Supreme Court has never been more jealous of the rights it protects than it has in recent years. But the University's willingness to invest in setting themselves up for an obviously meritless defense against these claims is chilling indeed.

5. Patrick Henry:

   Is the relinquishment of the trial by jury and the liberty of the press necessary for your liberty? Will the abandonment of your most sacred rights tend to the security of your liberty? Liberty, the greatest of all earthly blessings give us that precious jewel, and you may take every thing else! Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect every one who approaches that jewel.

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