Jealousy

/ˈd͡ʒɛləsi/

Synonyms for "jealousy" (17 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (4)

Noun(4 words)
delusional jealousyenviousnessenvygreen-eyed monster

Strong matches (5)

Related words (8)

Noun(4 words)
jealousnessobsessive jealousyprotectivenessresentment

Choosing the right synonym

  • Closest matches in this entry: delusional jealousy, enviousness, envy, green-eyed monster, heartburn.
  • Sentence evidence is available for jealousy, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
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  • Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.

When not to replace "jealousy"

Keep "jealousy" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.

If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.

Replacement workflow

1. Preserve meaning

Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "jealousy" intact in the sentence you are editing.

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Final fit check

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If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "jealousy" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

8 entries

More specific

6 entries
Othello syndromeobsessive jealousyprofessional jealousyromantic jealousystatus jealousyworkplace jealousy

Collocations

5 entries
intense jealousyjealousy dynamicsjealousy in relationshipspathological jealousyromantic jealousy

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

3 entries

Translations

179 translations across 73 languages.

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Albanian

4 entries
  • xhelozi noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))
  • xhelozi noun (a resentment towards someone for a perceived advantage or superiority they hold)
  • zili noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))
  • zili noun (a resentment towards someone for a perceived advantage or superiority they hold)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • φθόνος noun (a resentment towards someone for a perceived advantage or superiority they hold)

Arabic

4 entries
  • حسد noun (a resentment towards someone for a perceived advantage or superiority they hold)
  • حَسَد noun (a resentment towards someone for a perceived advantage or superiority they hold)
  • غيرة noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))
  • غَيْرَة noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))

Armenian

2 entries
  • խանդ noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))
  • նախանձ noun (a resentment towards someone for a perceived advantage or superiority they hold)

Assamese

1 entries
  • হিংসা noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • qısqanclıq noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))

Belarusian

4 entries
  • за́вісць noun (a resentment towards someone for a perceived advantage or superiority they hold)
  • за́йздрасць noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))
  • за́йздрасць noun (a resentment towards someone for a perceived advantage or superiority they hold)
  • рэ́ўнасць noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • за́вист noun (a resentment towards someone for a perceived advantage or superiority they hold)
  • ре́вност noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))

Catalan

2 entries
  • gelosia noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))
  • gels noun (a resentment towards someone for a perceived advantage or superiority they hold)

Chichewa

1 entries
  • nsanje noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries
  • 妒忌 noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))
  • 嫉妒 noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 妒嫉 noun (a resentment towards someone for a perceived advantage or superiority they hold)
  • 妒忌 noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))
  • 嫉妒 noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))
  • 醋 noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))

Church Slavic

1 entries
  • зависть noun (a resentment towards someone for a perceived advantage or superiority they hold)

Czech

2 entries
  • závist noun (a resentment towards someone for a perceived advantage or superiority they hold)
  • žárlivost noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))

Danish

3 entries
  • jalousi noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))
  • misundelighed noun (a resentment towards someone for a perceived advantage or superiority they hold)
  • misundelse noun (a resentment towards someone for a perceived advantage or superiority they hold)

Dutch

4 entries
  • afgunst noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))
  • afgunst noun (a resentment towards someone for a perceived advantage or superiority they hold)
  • ijver noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))
  • ijverzucht noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))

Esperanto

1 entries
  • ĵaluzo noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))

Faroese

1 entries
  • øvundsjúka noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))

Finnish

2 entries
  • kateus noun (a resentment towards someone for a perceived advantage or superiority they hold)
  • mustasukkaisuus noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))

French

4 entries
  • convoitise noun (a resentment towards someone for a perceived advantage or superiority they hold)
  • envie noun (a resentment towards someone for a perceived advantage or superiority they hold)
  • jalousie noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))
  • jalousie noun (a resentment towards someone for a perceived advantage or superiority they hold)

Galician

4 entries
  • acexo noun (a resentment towards someone for a perceived advantage or superiority they hold)
  • ciúme noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))
  • ciúmes noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))
  • cío noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))

Georgian

3 entries
  • ეჭვიანობა noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))
  • შური noun (a resentment towards someone for a perceived advantage or superiority they hold)
  • შურიანობა noun (a resentment towards someone for a perceived advantage or superiority they hold)

German

4 entries
  • Eifersucht noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))
  • Missgunst noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))
  • Missgunst noun (a resentment towards someone for a perceived advantage or superiority they hold)
  • Neid noun (a resentment towards someone for a perceived advantage or superiority they hold)

Greek

2 entries
  • ζήλια noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))
  • ζήλια noun (a resentment towards someone for a perceived advantage or superiority they hold)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • קִנְאָה noun (a resentment towards someone for a perceived advantage or superiority they hold)

Hindi

2 entries
  • ईर्षा noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))
  • जलन noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))

Hungarian

2 entries
  • féltékenykedés noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))
  • féltékenység noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))

Icelandic

2 entries
  • afbrýði noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))
  • afbrýðisemi noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))

Ido

1 entries
  • jaluzeso noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))

Italian

2 entries
  • gelosia noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))
  • invidia noun (a resentment towards someone for a perceived advantage or superiority they hold)

Japanese

4 entries
  • しっと noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))
  • ねたみ noun (a resentment towards someone for a perceived advantage or superiority they hold)
  • ジェラシー noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))
  • 嫉妬 noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))

Kapampangan

2 entries
  • pamagselus noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))
  • pamangalalu noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))

Khmer

4 entries
  • ប្រចណ្ឌ noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))
  • ប្រចណ្ឌ noun (a resentment towards someone for a perceived advantage or superiority they hold)
  • ឥច្ឆា noun (a resentment towards someone for a perceived advantage or superiority they hold)
  • ឥស្សា noun (a resentment towards someone for a perceived advantage or superiority they hold)

Korean

2 entries
  • 부러움 noun (a resentment towards someone for a perceived advantage or superiority they hold)
  • 질투 noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))

Latin

2 entries
  • invidia noun (a resentment towards someone for a perceived advantage or superiority they hold)
  • zelus noun (a resentment towards someone for a perceived advantage or superiority they hold)

Latvian

1 entries
  • greizsirdība noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • zawisć noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))

Macedonian

2 entries
  • завист noun (a resentment towards someone for a perceived advantage or superiority they hold)
  • љубомора noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))

Magahi

2 entries
  • 𑂅𑂩𑂹𑂎𑂰 noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))
  • 𑂙𑂰𑂯 noun (a resentment towards someone for a perceived advantage or superiority they hold)

Malayalam

3 entries
  • അസൂയ noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))
  • അസൂയ noun (a resentment towards someone for a perceived advantage or superiority they hold)
  • കുശുമ്പ് noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))

Middle English

1 entries
  • jalousie noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))

Māori

1 entries
  • pūngaengae noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries
  • wivivu noun (a resentment towards someone for a perceived advantage or superiority they hold)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • misunnelse noun (a resentment towards someone for a perceived advantage or superiority they hold)
  • sjalusi noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • sjalusi noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))

Occitan

1 entries
  • gelosiá noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))

Old English

2 entries
  • andung noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))
  • andung noun (a resentment towards someone for a perceived advantage or superiority they hold)

Persian

3 entries
  • حسادت noun (a resentment towards someone for a perceived advantage or superiority they hold)
  • حسد noun (a resentment towards someone for a perceived advantage or superiority they hold)
  • رشک noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))

Polish

3 entries
  • zawiść noun (a resentment towards someone for a perceived advantage or superiority they hold)
  • zazdrość noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))
  • zazdrość noun (a resentment towards someone for a perceived advantage or superiority they hold)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • ciúme noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))
  • ciúmes noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))
  • inveja noun (a resentment towards someone for a perceived advantage or superiority they hold)

Punjabi

1 entries
  • ਈਰਖਾ noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))

Romanian

2 entries
  • gelozie noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))
  • invidie noun (a resentment towards someone for a perceived advantage or superiority they hold)

Russian

2 entries
  • за́висть noun (a resentment towards someone for a perceived advantage or superiority they hold)
  • ре́вность noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • eud noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))
  • eud noun (a resentment towards someone for a perceived advantage or superiority they hold)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • jȃl noun (a resentment towards someone for a perceived advantage or superiority they hold)
  • ljubòmora noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))
  • ljubòmora noun (a resentment towards someone for a perceived advantage or superiority they hold)
  • závist noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))

Silesian

1 entries
  • zŏwiść noun (a resentment towards someone for a perceived advantage or superiority they hold)

Slovak

2 entries
  • závisť noun (a resentment towards someone for a perceived advantage or superiority they hold)
  • žiarlivosť noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))

Slovene

2 entries
  • ljubosumje noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))
  • zavist noun (a resentment towards someone for a perceived advantage or superiority they hold)

Spanish

4 entries
  • achares noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))
  • celambre noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))
  • celera noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))
  • celo noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))

Swahili

1 entries
  • ghera noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))

Swedish

3 entries
  • avund noun (a resentment towards someone for a perceived advantage or superiority they hold)
  • avundsjuka noun (a resentment towards someone for a perceived advantage or superiority they hold)
  • svartsjuka noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))

Sylheti

1 entries
  • ꠎꠟꠣ noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))

Tagalog

1 entries
  • selos noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))

Tajik

1 entries
  • рашк noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))

Tamil

4 entries
  • அழுக்காறு noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))
  • எரிச்சல் noun (a resentment towards someone for a perceived advantage or superiority they hold)
  • பொறாமை noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))
  • பொறாமை noun (a resentment towards someone for a perceived advantage or superiority they hold)

Tarifit

1 entries
  • tusmin noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))

Telugu

2 entries
  • అసూయ noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))
  • ఈర్ష్య noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))

Tulu

2 entries
  • ಅಸೂಯ noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))
  • ಅಸೂಯ noun (a resentment towards someone for a perceived advantage or superiority they hold)

Turkish

1 entries
  • kıskançlık noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • за́висть noun (a resentment towards someone for a perceived advantage or superiority they hold)
  • за́здрощі noun (a resentment towards someone for a perceived advantage or superiority they hold)
  • за́здрість noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))
  • за́здрість noun (a resentment towards someone for a perceived advantage or superiority they hold)

Urdu

4 entries
  • ایرشا noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))
  • ایرکھا noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))
  • جلن noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))
  • حسد noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))

Uzbek

1 entries
  • rashk noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • ghen noun (jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity))

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

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There's no love without jealousy.

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I was beside myself with jealousy when my youngest sister rose in the world.

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You need to come to terms with your jealousy of this young man.

Source: tatoeba (58690)

I can't stand her jealousy.

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Common questions

What are the closest synonyms for "jealousy"?

Closest matches include delusional jealousy, enviousness, envy, green-eyed monster, heartburn.

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