Entry Word: envy

Function: noun

Meaning: a painful awareness of anotherʼs possessions or advantages and a desire to have them too <her envy of her neighborʼs fancy clothes wrecked their friendship>

Synonyms covetousness, enviousness, invidiousness, jealousy, resentment

Related Words animosity, enmity, hatred, ill will; malice, maliciousness, spitefulness

Near Antonyms benevolence, goodwill, kindness, sympathy