jealous

jealous is a 7-letter English word with 6 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Zealous; solicitous; vigilant; anxiously watchful. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 18 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Zealous; solicitous; vigilant; anxiously watchful.
2. adjective. Apprehensive; anxious; suspiciously watchful.
3. adjective. Exacting exclusive devotion; intolerant of rivalry.
4. adjective. Disposed to suspect rivalry in matters of interest and affection; apprehensive regarding the motives of possible rivals, or the fidelity of friends; distrustful; having morbid fear of rivalry in love or preference given to another; painfully suspicious of the faithfulness of husband, wife, or lover.
5. adjective. showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages

   "he was never covetous before he met her"

   "jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions"

   Synonyms: covetous, envious

6. adjective. suspicious or unduly suspicious or fearful of being displaced by a rival

   "a jealous lover"

   Synonyms: overjealous

Synonyms

covetous, envious, overjealous

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in jealous:

jalouse

Common word forms

jealouser, jealously, jealousest, jealousness

Words from these letters

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