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. Piu Eatwell:

   He is known to be very, very jealous of her boyfriends, in fact, if her boyfriends came to see her, they would drop her off a block away and they would leave became he didn’t like to see her with other men… She was [also] asking him for money… My theory is that he became tired of her and basically [told his entourage], ‘Look, somebody get rid of this girl.’.

2. So I Married an Axe Murderer:

   John Johnson Now this is something the other tour guides won't tell you. In this particular cell-block, Machine Gun Kelly had what we call in the prison system, a bitch. And one night in a jealous rage Kelly took a make-shift knife or shiv, and cut out the bitch's eyes. And as if this wasn't enough retribution for Kelly, the next day he and four other inmates took turns pissing into the bitch's ocular cavities. (short pause) This way to the cafeteria

3. Bryson DeChambeau:

   It's disgusting the way the guy has tried to knock me down, there's no need for it in the game of golf. For what reason? I don't know. Maybe he's jealous and wants to get part of that PIP money from the tour.

4. Ukraine Health Minister Zoriana Skaletska:

   I called her in the evening, I said, 'Yaryna, I'm sorry, the state needed help, don't be jealous,' she replied, 'I am jealous and, actually, the state will owe me.'.

5. 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.