Antonyms for envy
ˈɛn vien·vy

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 2 votes

1. envy

   Synonyms:
   grudging, jealousy, suspicion

Matched Categories

1. • Admire
   • Resentment

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:2.3 / 3 votes

1. envy, enviousnessnoun

   a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another

   Synonyms:
   invidia, enviousness

2. envy, invidiaverb

   spite and resentment at seeing the success of another (personified as one of the deadly sins)

   Synonyms:
   invidia, enviousness

3. envyverb

   feel envious towards; admire enviously

   Synonyms:
   begrudge

4. envy, begrudgeverb

   be envious of; set one's heart on

   Synonyms:
   resent, begrudge

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. be happy for

   to be glad that someone has a quality or posession

   i don't envy her good looks: in fact i'm happy for her.

   Submitted by JP03 on April 12, 2015  

2. jealousy

   envy is what i feel when i want to take what you have. jealousy is what you feel when you want to keep what you have from my taking.

   Submitted by Xbacksideslider1 on November 11, 2022  

How to use envy in a sentence?

1. Victor Matheson:

   It’s not as if their stadium is obsolete, it just isn’t as fancy as some of these others – and they have a case of stadium envy.

2. Josephine Hart, "Sin":

   We are here to add to the sum of human goodness. To prove the thing exists. And however futile each individual act of courage or generosity, self-sacrifice or grace-it still proves the thing exists. Each act adds to the fund. It needs replenishment. Not only because evil flourishes, and is, most indefensibly, defended. But because goodness is no longer a respectable aim in life. The hound of hell, envy, has driven it from the house.

3. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.:

   I have no respect for the passion of equality, which seems to me merely idealizing envy.

4. Thiruman Archunan:

   Fear of nature led to society. Hatred among men led to culture. Envy among women led to virtue!

5. Author Unknown:

   There are many roads to hate, but envy is the shortest of them all.

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