Emotions
Synonyms for envy
The synonym for envy recorded in this bank is jealousy, in the sense "a feeling of discontented longing aroused by someone else's possessions or qualities". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for envy
- jealousynoun, in the sense "a feeling of discontented longing aroused by someone else's possessions or qualities"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and envy carries one sense so far.
a feeling of discontented longing aroused by someone else's possessions or qualities
She felt a pang of envy when she saw her friend's new car.
The true synonym
jealousy
Same sentence, swapped: She felt a pang of jealousy when she saw her friend's new car.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- pity
- gratitude
- boredom
Where envy turns up in the game
envy is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where envy is the trap
- despiseverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is loathe, in the sense "to feel intense dislike or contempt for", with envy sitting one tile away.
- grudgenoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is score, in the sense "a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation", and envy is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play envy
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so envy reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other emotions words at Foothills, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. envy carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.