envy

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsenviousness

   Broaderresentment

   Narrowercovetousnessjealousypenis envy
2. 2.

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

   Synonymsinvidia

   Broadermortal sin

1. 1.

   feel envious towards; admire enviously

   Broaderadmire
2. 2.

   be envious of; set one's heart on

   Synonymsbegrudge

   Broaderdesire

   Narrowercovet

Other forms of envy

plural

envies·

past tense or participle

envied

present participle

envying·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about envy

What does envy mean?

envy means "a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in envy?

envy has 2 syllables: en-vy. The stress falls on "en". In IPA it is /ˈɛnvi/.

What is another word for envy?

Close synonyms include enviousness, invidia, begrudge. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is envy a common word?

envy is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.