Jealous synonyms and antonyms
jĕl'əs
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Part of speech:
Characterized by envy; feeling, showing, or resulting from envy
Resulting from or expressive of severe grief, anguish, or disappointment:
(Gram.) Designating or of a case, form, or construction expressing possession or some like relationship: in English, this is expressed a) by the addition of a final s (for nouns and some pronouns) preceded or followed by an apostrophe, or sometimes by the addition of an apostrophe only after a final (s) sound (Ex.: John's book, women's lives, boys' games, conscience' sake) b) by a change of form in pronouns (Ex.: I, my, mine; you, your, yours; it, its; who, whose) c) by of preceding a form without the possessive ending (Ex.: lives of men) or preceding a form in the possessive case (Ex.: a play of Shakespeare's, a friend of mine — called a double possessive)
owned (related)
Fearful of the loss of position or affection
unconcerned (antonym)
Not interested; indifferent
On one's guard; cautious, suspicious, etc.
unresentful (antonym)
Not resentful; without resentment.
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Arousing or likely to arouse suspicion in others
(Obs.) Envious
desire (related)
Resentfully or painfully desirous of another's advantages
overjealous
Excessively jealous.
Adapted or intended to afford protection.
Causing or giving rise to distrust.
Feeling, expressing, or characterized by a strong or immoderate desire for the possessions of another:
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Of or having to do with jealousy
Lacking self-confidence; plagued by anxiety:
envy (related)
possessory
Of, pertaining to, having or arising from possession
(Archaic) Wakeful; unsleeping
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Feeling or showing resentment
trusting (antonym)
That trusts; trustful
Affected by or exhibiting envy, prejudice, or hostility.
satisfied (antonym)
In a state of satisfaction.
Not easily persuaded or convinced; doubting; questioning
Fearful of the loss of position or affection
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besotted (related)
angry (related)
Having or causing mistrust, suspicions, or forebodings.
infatuated-with (related)
frightened (related)
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confiding (antonym)
In confidence; as if with trust.
forgiving (antonym)
Allowing for or accommodating adjustments, errors, imperfections, weakness, etc.; not exacting or harsh
confident (antonym)
Full of confidence
terrify (related)
worried (related)
content (antonym)
(Archaic) Pleased
paranoid (related)
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frighten (related)
Find another word for jealous. In this page you can discover 43 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for jealous, like: envious, bitter, possessive, owned, unconcerned, wary, unresentful, suspicious, invidious, desire and overjealous.
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