Enviable means very desirable. It's especially used to describe things that a person has and that other people want—or a person that other people want to be like. In other words, enviable means worthy of or likely to cause envy—a feeling of desire for something that someone else has and you do not.

How do you use enviable?

1. She has built up an enviable reputation as a harpist. 2. Japan is in the enviable position of having a budget surplus.

What is the synonym of enviable?

desirable, attractive, sought-after, desired, admirable, fortunate, lucky, favoured, blessed, worth having, excellent. covetable, exciting envy, tempting. informal to die for. unenviable. dither.