Nothing is as important as compassion.
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Compassion
Synonyms for "compassion" (95 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (19)
Strong matches (29)
Noun(4 words)
Related words (47)
Related word relations
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1 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesat location
1 entriescapable of
1 entriescauses desire
3 entriesderived
8 entriesis a
3 entriesrelated to
9 entriesTranslations
125 translations across 76 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- mëshirë noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- οἰκτιρμός noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
- συμπάθεια noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
Arabic
2 entries- رَحْمَة noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
- شَفَقَة noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
Armenian
1 entries- կարեկցանք noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- rəhm noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
- şəfqət noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
Belarusian
2 entries- спага́да noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
- спачува́нне noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
Bengali
1 entries- করুণা noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
Bulgarian
2 entries- състрада́ние noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
- съчу́вствие noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
Burmese
2 entries- ကရုဏာ noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
- အကြင်နာ noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
Catalan
1 entries- compassió noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
Cebuano
1 entries- kaluoy noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎤᏓᏙᎵᏣᏘ noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 同情 noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
- 愛心 /爱心 noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
Czech
2 entries- soucit noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
- soustrast noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
Danish
2 entries- medfølelse noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
- medlidenhed noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
Dutch
2 entries- deernis noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
- medelijden noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
Esperanto
1 entries- kompato noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
Estonian
1 entries- kaastunne noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
Finnish
2 entries- myötätunto noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
- osanotto noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
French
1 entries- compassion noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
Georgian
1 entries- თანაგრძნობა noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
German
3 entries- Erbarmen noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
- Mitgefühl noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
- Mitleid noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
Gothic
2 entries- 𐌰𐍂𐌼𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍄𐌴𐌹 noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
- 𐌼𐌹𐌻𐌳𐌹𐌸𐌰 noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
Greek
2 entries- ευσπλαχνία noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
- συμπόνια noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
Hebrew
3 entries- אֶמְפַּתְיָה noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
- חֶמְלָה noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
- רַחֲמִים noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
Hindi
4 entries- करुणा noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
- दया noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
- संवेदना noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
- सहानुभूति noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
Hungarian
1 entries- együttérzés noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
Ido
1 entries- kompato noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
Indonesian
1 entries- belas kasih noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
Irish
2 entries- taise noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
- trua noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
Italian
1 entries- compassione noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
Japanese
1 entries- 同情 noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
Kalmyk
1 entries- уйдвр noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
Kazakh
1 entries- жаны ашу noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
Khmer
2 entries- មេត្តា noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
- មេត្តាធម៌ noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
Korean
1 entries- 동정 noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- боорукердик noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
- кайрымдуулук noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
Lao
1 entries- ເມດຕາ noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
Latin
1 entries- misericordia noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
Latvian
1 entries- līdzjūtība noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
Lithuanian
1 entries- užuojauta noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
Macedonian
1 entries- сочувство noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
Malay
1 entries- belas kasihan noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
Malayalam
2 entries- അനുകമ്പ noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
- സഹാനുഭൂതി noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
Manx
1 entries- erreeish noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
Marathi
2 entries- करुणा noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
- दया noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
Middle English
1 entries- compassioun noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
Māori
4 entries- atawhaitanga noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
- ngākau aroha noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
- tauwhirotanga noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
- whakaaroha noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- medfølelse noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
Occitan
1 entries- compassion noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- رحم noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
Persian
2 entries- رحم noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
- شفقت noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
Polish
1 entries- współczucie noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
Portuguese
1 entries- compaixão noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
Romanian
1 entries- compasiune noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
Russian
3 entries- сопережива́ние noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
- сострада́ние noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
- сочу́вствие noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
Sanskrit
3 entries- करुणा noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
- दया noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
- भूतदया noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- ath-thruas noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- saosećanje noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
- saosjećanje noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
- саосећање noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
- саосјећање noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
Sicilian
1 entries- cumpiatà noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
Slovak
2 entries- súcit noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
- ľútosť noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
Slovene
1 entries- sočutje noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
Spanish
1 entries- compasión noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
Swahili
2 entries- huruma noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
- rehema noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
Swedish
2 entries- medkänsla noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
- medlidande noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
Tagalog
1 entries- awa noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
Tajik
2 entries- дилсӯзӣ noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
- шафқат noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
Thai
3 entries- กรุณา noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
- การุณย์ noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
- เมตตา noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
Tocharian B
1 entries- karuṃ noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
Tok Pisin
1 entries- marimari noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
Turkish
1 entries- şefkat noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
Ugaritic
1 entries- 𐎔𐎛𐎄 noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
Ukrainian
3 entries- співпереживання noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
- співстраждання noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
- співчуття́ noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
Urdu
2 entries- ترس noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
- رحم noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
Uzbek
2 entries- rahm noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
- shafqat noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
Vietnamese
4 entries- lòng thương noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
- lòng từ bi noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
- từ bi noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
- đồng cảm noun (deep awareness of the suffering of another)
Sample sentences
20 total sentences available.
Compassion is entirely absent from his character.
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He steeled himself against compassion.
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The tyrant's heart melted with compassion.
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