What does "empath" mean?

One who has the ability to sense emotions; someone who is empathic or practises empathy.

What is a synonym for "empath"?

Common synonyms include: biopath, cyberpath, technopath.

//ˈɛm.pæθ// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Noun

1
One who has the ability to sense emotions; someone who is empathic or practises empathy.
2
A person with extrasensory empathic ability, capable of sensing the emotions of others around them in a way unexplained by conventional science and psychology.
"She was the empath who would betray empaths if she got the chance. So they'd tried to fix things so that she didn't get the chance."