sympathize

English Thesaurus

1. to feel or express sympathy or compassion (verb.emotion)

hypernym	:	compassionate, condole with, feel for, pity, sympathize with,
definition	:	share the suffering of (verb.emotion)

hyponym	:	condole,
definition	:	express one's sympathetic grief, on the occasion of someone's death (verb.emotion)

2. share the feelings of; understand the sentiments of (verb.emotion)

hypernym	:	experience, feel,
definition	:	undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind (verb.emotion)

3. be understanding of (verb.cognition)

derivation	:	sympathy, understanding,
definition	:	an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	empathy,
definition	:	understanding and entering into another's feelings (noun.feeling)

derivation	:	apprehensible, graspable, intelligible, perceivable, understandable,
definition	:	capable of being apprehended or understood (adj.all)

4. to feel or express sympathy or compassion (verb.emotion)

derivation	:	commiseration, condolence,
definition	:	an expression of sympathy with another's grief (noun.communication)

derivation	:	fellow feeling, sympathy,
definition	:	sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish) (noun.feeling)

derivation	:	commiseration, pathos, pity, ruth,
definition	:	a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others (noun.feeling)

derivation	:	comforter, sympathiser, sympathizer,
definition	:	commiserates with someone who has had misfortune (noun.person)

derivation	:	commiserative,
definition	:	feeling or expressing sympathy (adj.all)

5. share the feelings of; understand the sentiments of (verb.emotion)

derivation	:	sympathiser, sympathizer, well-wisher,
definition	:	someone who shares your feelings or opinions and hopes that you will be successful (noun.person)

derivation	:	sympathy,
definition	:	a relation of affinity or harmony between people; whatever affects one correspondingly affects the other (noun.linkdef)

6. be understanding of (verb.cognition)

derivation	:	sympathy, understanding,
definition	:	an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	empathy,
definition	:	understanding and entering into another's feelings (noun.feeling)

derivation	:	apprehensible, graspable, intelligible, perceivable, understandable,
definition	:	capable of being apprehended or understood (adj.all)

7. to feel or express sympathy or compassion (verb.emotion)

derivation	:	commiseration, condolence,
definition	:	an expression of sympathy with another's grief (noun.communication)

derivation	:	fellow feeling, sympathy,
definition	:	sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish) (noun.feeling)

derivation	:	commiseration, pathos, pity, ruth,
definition	:	a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others (noun.feeling)

derivation	:	comforter, sympathiser, sympathizer,
definition	:	commiserates with someone who has had misfortune (noun.person)

derivation	:	commiserative,
definition	:	feeling or expressing sympathy (adj.all)

8. share the feelings of; understand the sentiments of (verb.emotion)

derivation	:	sympathiser, sympathizer, well-wisher,
definition	:	someone who shares your feelings or opinions and hopes that you will be successful (noun.person)

derivation	:	sympathy,
definition	:	a relation of affinity or harmony between people; whatever affects one correspondingly affects the other (noun.linkdef)