What is another word for sympathetic?
Pronunciation:
[ sˌɪmpəθˈɛtɪk], [ sˌɪmpəθˈɛtɪk], [ s_ˌɪ_m_p_ə_θ_ˈɛ_t_ɪ_k]
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Similar words for sympathetic:
- agreeable (adjective)
- condoling (adjective)
- emotional (adjective)
- forgiving (adjective)
- friendly (adjective)
- harmonious (adjective)
- identifiable (adjective)
- likable (adjective)
- noble (adjective)
- pitying (adjective)
- pleasant (adjective)
- qualified (adjective)
- responsive (adjective)
- soft (adjective)
- susceptible (adjective)
- touching (adjective)
- vicarious (adjective)
- affected (adjective)
- affectionate (adjective)
- amicable (adjective)
- appreciative (adjective)
- benign (adjective)
- brotherly (adjective)
- charitable (adjective)
- clement (adjective)
- commiserative (adjective)
- compatible (adjective)
- congenial (adjective)
- congruous (adjective)
- considerate (adjective)
- consistent (adjective)
- consonant (adjective)
- cordial (adjective)
- easy (adjective)
- expressive (adjective)
- favorable (adjective)
- fond (adjective)
- gentle (adjective)
- helpful (adjective)
- humane (adjective)
- interested (adjective)
- kind (adjective)
- kind-hearted (adjective)
- lenient (adjective)
- merciful (adjective)
- motherly (adjective)
- outgoing (adjective)
- partisan (adjective)
- polite (adjective)
- softhearted (adjective)
- sweet (adjective)
- sympathetic (adjective)
- tactful (adjective)
- tolerant (adjective)
- understanding (adjective)
- welcome (adjective)
- appealing (noun)
- compassionate (noun)
- harmonic (noun)
- compassionate
- dear
- eloquent
- fraternal
- kind
- maternal
- parental
- sympathetic
- thankful
- urbane
- well-intentioned
- other relevant words (adjective)
- other relevant words (verb)
Synonyms for Sympathetic:
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adj.
• agreeable • condoling • emotional • forgiving • friendly • harmonious- in chorus ,
- in concert ,
- in harmony ,
- in step ,
- in tune ,
- of one mind ,
- on same wavelength ,
- silvery ,
- sweet-sounding ,
- symphonious ,
- in unison .
- Grieved ,
- Influenced ,
- afflicted ,
- altered ,
- changed ,
- concerned ,
- damaged ,
- distressed ,
- excited ,
- impaired ,
- impressed ,
- injured ,
- overwhelmed ,
- overwrought ,
- sorry ,
- stimulated ,
- stirred ,
- sympathetic ,
- touched ,
- troubled ,
- upset .
- accordant ,
- agreeing ,
- amiable ,
- civil ,
- courteous ,
- cozy ,
- good-humored ,
- mellow ,
- neighborly ,
- pacific ,
- peaceable ,
- peaceful ,
- regular ,
- sociable .
- admiring ,
- alive ,
- aware ,
- cognizant ,
- conscious ,
- cooperative ,
- enlightened ,
- enthusiastic ,
- generous ,
- keen ,
- knowledgeable ,
- magnanimous ,
- mindful ,
- perceptive ,
- pleased ,
- regardful ,
- respectful ,
- satisfied .
- accommodating ,
- altruistic ,
- bighearted ,
- bountiful ,
- broad-minded ,
- eleemosynary ,
- forbearing ,
- forgiving ,
- helpful ,
- humanitarian ,
- indulgent ,
- lavish ,
- philanthropic .
- in groove ,
- more reconcilable ,
- more simpatico ,
- more suitable ,
- most reconcilable ,
- most simpatico ,
- on the same wavelength .
- de lightful ,
- de-lightful ,
- more amical ,
- more conversable ,
- more well suited ,
- more well-suited ,
- more wellsuited ,
- most amical ,
- most conversable ,
- most well suited ,
- most well-suited ,
- most wellsuited ,
- social ,
- well suited ,
- wellsuited .
- co incident ,
- co-incident ,
- more according ,
- more blending ,
- more similar ,
- most according ,
- most blending ,
- uni form ,
- uni-form .
- buddy buddy ,
- buddybuddy ,
- heart to heart ,
- heartiest ,
- more buddy buddy ,
- more buddy-buddy ,
- more buddybuddy ,
- more heart to heart ,
- more heart-to-heart ,
- more red carpet ,
- more red-carpet ,
- more redcarpet ,
- most buddy buddy ,
- most buddy-buddy ,
- most buddybuddy ,
- most heart to heart ,
- most heart-to-heart ,
- most red carpet ,
- most red-carpet ,
- most redcarpet ,
- palsy walsy ,
- palsywalsy ,
- redcarpet .
- Unoppressive ,
- lax ,
- more deceivable ,
- more deludable ,
- more excusing ,
- more fleeceable ,
- more humoring ,
- more mollycoddling ,
- more pampering ,
- more pardoning ,
- more spoiling ,
- more unburdensome ,
- more unoppressive ,
- more unsuspicious ,
- most deceivable ,
- most deludable ,
- most excusing ,
- most fleeceable ,
- most humoring ,
- most mollycoddling ,
- most pampering ,
- most pardoning ,
- most spoiling ,
- most unburdensome ,
- most unoppressive ,
- most unsuspicious ,
- sub missive ,
- sub-missive ,
- un burdensome ,
- un oppressive ,
- un suspicious ,
- un-burdensome ,
- un-oppressive ,
- un-suspicious .
- forcible ,
- more revelatory ,
- most revelatory ,
- re presentative ,
- re-presentative ,
- silver tongued ,
- silvertongued ,
- suggestive .
- more approbative ,
- more assenting ,
- more commending ,
- more praiseful ,
- more reassuring ,
- more recommendatory ,
- more well intentioned ,
- more well-intentioned ,
- more wellintentioned ,
- most approbative ,
- most assenting ,
- most commending ,
- most praiseful ,
- most reassuring ,
- most recommendatory ,
- most well intentioned ,
- most well-intentioned ,
- most wellintentioned ,
- pre disposed ,
- pre-disposed ,
- re assuring ,
- re commendatory ,
- re-assuring ,
- re-commendatory ,
- well intentioned ,
- wellintentioned .
- dove like ,
- manageable ,
- more disciplined ,
- more dove like ,
- more dove-like ,
- more dovelike ,
- more sweet tempered ,
- more sweet-tempered ,
- more sweettempered ,
- most disciplined ,
- most dove like ,
- most dove-like ,
- most dovelike ,
- most sweet tempered ,
- most sweet-tempered ,
- most sweettempered ,
- sweet tempered ,
- sweettempered .
- in valuable ,
- in-valuable ,
- more bettering ,
- more serendipitous ,
- more symbiotic ,
- most bettering ,
- most serendipitous ,
- most symbiotic .
- Enticed ,
- eat sleep breathe ,
- in spired ,
- in spirited ,
- in tent ,
- in to ,
- in-spired ,
- in-spirited ,
- more attracted ,
- more awakened ,
- more enticed ,
- more in to ,
- more inspirited ,
- more interested ,
- more into ,
- more lured ,
- more roused ,
- most attracted ,
- most awakened ,
- most enticed ,
- most in to ,
- most inspirited ,
- most interested ,
- most into ,
- most lured ,
- most roused ,
- on case ,
- struck .
- bleedingheart ,
- good hearted ,
- heart right place ,
- more bleeding heart ,
- more bleeding-heart ,
- more bleedingheart ,
- more good hearted ,
- more good-hearted ,
- most bleeding heart ,
- most bleeding-heart ,
- most bleedingheart ,
- most good hearted ,
- most good-hearted .
- kind hearted ,
- more warm hearted ,
- more warm-hearted ,
- most warm hearted ,
- most warm-hearted ,
- warm hearted .
- all owing ,
- all-owing ,
- more allowing ,
- more assuaging ,
- more assuasive ,
- more favoring ,
- more letting ,
- more soft shell ,
- more soft-shell ,
- more softshell ,
- most allowing ,
- most assuaging ,
- most assuasive ,
- most favoring ,
- most letting ,
- most soft shell ,
- most soft-shell ,
- most softshell .
- more caretaking ,
- more nurturing ,
- more protecting ,
- more sheltering ,
- most caretaking ,
- most nurturing ,
- most protecting ,
- most sheltering .
- in formal ,
- in-formal ,
- more extrovert ,
- most extrovert ,
- out going ,
- out goinger ,
- out goingest ,
- out-going ,
- out-goinger ,
- out-goingest ,
- outgoing ,
- un constrained ,
- un-reserved ,
- un-restrained .
- more accessory ,
- more adhering ,
- more cliquish ,
- more conspiratorial ,
- more denominational ,
- more fanatic ,
- more overzealous ,
- more unreasoning ,
- more warped ,
- most accessory ,
- most adhering ,
- most cliquish ,
- most conspiratorial ,
- most denominational ,
- most fanatic ,
- most overzealous ,
- most unreasoning ,
- most warped ,
- one sided ,
- onesided ,
- over zealous ,
- overzealous ,
- pre possessed ,
- pre-possessed ,
- un just ,
- un juster ,
- un justest ,
- un reasoning ,
- un-just ,
- un-juster ,
- un-justest ,
- un-reasoning .
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- nice .
Other synonyms:
- Condolatory ,
- affected ,
- approving ,
- card-carrying ,
- doctrinaire ,
- ink ,
- interested ,
- noble ,
- partial ,
- partisan ,
- pleasant ,
- professed ,
- supportive .
- With ,
- affirmative ,
- attached ,
- behind ,
- positively ,
- pro ,
- ripe .
- positive .
- side .
Other relevant words:
- accord ,
- agreement ,
- attitude ,
- attribute ,
- behavior ,
- comfort ,
- commiseration ,
- compassion ,
- condolence ,
- consideration ,
- consolation ,
- empathy ,
- encouragement ,
- feature ,
- kindly ,
- kindness ,
- pity ,
- quality ,
- reassurance ,
- relation ,
- sensitivity ,
- tenderness ,
- trait ,
- understanding ,
- unity ,
- warmth .
- warm .
- Conversable ,
- Deceivable ,
- Deludable ,
- Dovelike ,
- Kind-hearted ,
- Recommendatory ,
- Soft-hearted ,
- Soft-shell ,
- Unburdensome ,
- Warm-hearted ,
- acceptive ,
- affectionate ,
- agreeable ,
- all heart ,
- all of a piece ,
- all over ,
- amicable ,
- amical ,
- approbative ,
- assuasive ,
- attuned to ,
- be coming ,
- being big ,
- benign ,
- bleeding-heart ,
- broadminded ,
- buddy-buddy ,
- caretaking ,
- charitable ,
- cliquish ,
- clubby ,
- co-operative ,
- compassionate ,
- compatible ,
- concordant ,
- conforming with ,
- congenial ,
- congruous ,
- considerate ,
- consistent ,
- consonant ,
- conspiratorial ,
- cordial ,
- cotton to ,
- crazy over ,
- denominational ,
- disciplined ,
- dove-like ,
- easy ,
- easy on ,
- easy with ,
- eat sleep and breathe ,
- empathetic ,
- empathic ,
- favorable ,
- fleeceable ,
- fond ,
- gentle ,
- getting along with ,
- going easy on ,
- good for ,
- good-hearted ,
- harmonious ,
- having good vibes ,
- heart in right place ,
- heart-to-heart ,
- huggy ,
- humane ,
- humoring ,
- in favor of ,
- in harmony with ,
- in keeping ,
- in rapport ,
- in sync with ,
- in the groove ,
- keen on ,
- laid back ,
- lenient ,
- likable ,
- live with ,
- living with ,
- lovesome ,
- lovey dovey ,
- lovey-dovey ,
- merciful ,
- nutty about ,
- old softie ,
- on the case ,
- open to suggestions ,
- openhearted ,
- over-wrought ,
- over-zealous ,
- pitying ,
- polite ,
- praiseful ,
- quick on the uptake ,
- receptive ,
- reconcilable ,
- red-carpet ,
- regular fellow ,
- responsive ,
- revelatory ,
- right neighborly ,
- right nice ,
- serendipitous ,
- simpatico ,
- soft ,
- soft on ,
- soft shell ,
- softshell ,
- square shooting ,
- swayable ,
- sweet-tempered ,
- symbiotic ,
- tenderhearted ,
- tolerant ,
- unreasoning ,
- unsuspicious ,
- up set ,
- vicarious ,
- warmhearted ,
- welcome ,
- well-intentioned ,
- well-suited .
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How to use "Sympathetic" in context?
The word "sympathetic" is defined as being in agreement, supporting, or tending to support. Sympathy is often felt when one knows or is acquainted with someone who is in pain, or who is experiencing a difficult situation.
Generally, people feel sympathy for others when they identify with them, whether the situation is situational or not. For example, if you know someone who is struggling with a chronic illness, you may feel sympathetic toward them, even if you don't have that same illness yourself.
Paraphrases for Sympathetic:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
empathy.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
accommodating, agreement, amenable, appreciable, attractive, beneficial, benevolent, comprehensive, conducive, cool, favorable, favourable, favourably, gracious, likable, positive, significant, solidarity, sweet, welcome, willing, Kind-hearted, solidarity-based.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
agreeable, appealing, attentive, benign, caring, compassionate, congenial, considerate, likeable, nice, pleasant, receptive, responsive, sensitive, sociable, supportive, susceptible, understanding, Solidary.
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Adjective
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