covetverb [ T ]
uk/ˈkʌv.ɪt/us/ˈkʌv.ət/formalto want to have something very much, especially something that belongs to someone else:
She always coveted power but never quite achieved it.
The Booker Prize is the most coveted British literary award.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Envy and jealousy
- all right
- be green with envy idiom
- covetable
- covetous
- enviable
- envious
- envy
- green
- grudge
- jealous
- jealousy
- possessive