Envy and Like

Opposite meaning words

Envy noun - A painful awareness of another's possessions or advantages and a desire to have them too.

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Like is an antonym for envy in jealousy topic.

Nearby Words: envious, envying, envied

Like noun - A number of persons or things that are grouped together because they have something in common.

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Envy is an antonym for like.

Nearby Words: likely, likeness, liking, liked, likeable

certain	certain envy	certain like
simple	simple envy	simple like
heavy	heavy envy	heavy like
real	real envy	real like
Other adjectives: serious, little, bad, lost, new, comic.

Thrax in Osmosis Jones is motivated by envy—not of the heroes, but of diseases more famous than he is, like Ebola and Influenza.

Source: Driven by Envy
A Crown of Stars: Rei does NOT like seeing Shinji and Asuka together due to a mix of jealousy, envy and over-protectiveness.

Source: Shipping Torpedo
Vesemir, the Old Master of the witchers, looks like about sixty, but has a physique that makes 30-year olds green with envy.

Source: Older Than They Look / Video Games

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