Nothing is more important than empathy.
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Empathy
//ˈɛmpəθi//
Synonyms for "empathy" (121 found)
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Closest matches (25)
Strong matches (36)
Related words (60)
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More general
2 entriesRelated terms
3 entriescauses desire
1 entriesdbpedia genre
1 entriesderived
15 entrieshas context
2 entrieshas property
2 entriesis a
3 entriesreceives action
1 entriesrelated to
9 entriesTranslations
78 translations across 40 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- تَعَاطُف noun (intellectual identification with another person)
Belarusian
3 entries- спачува́нне noun (intellectual identification with another person)
- суперажыва́нне noun (intellectual identification with another person)
- эмпа́тыя noun (intellectual identification with another person)
Bulgarian
3 entries- емпа́тия noun (intellectual identification with another person)
- съприча́стие noun (intellectual identification with another person)
- съчу́вствие noun (intellectual identification with another person)
Catalan
2 entries- empatia noun (intellectual identification with another person)
- empatia noun (capacity to understand another person's point of view)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 同感 noun (intellectual identification with another person)
- 同感 noun (capacity to understand another person's point of view)
- 移情 noun (intellectual identification with another person)
- 移情 noun (capacity to understand another person's point of view)
Czech
1 entries- empatie noun (intellectual identification with another person)
Danish
1 entries- empati noun (capacity to understand another person's point of view)
Dutch
2 entries- empathie noun (intellectual identification with another person)
- inlevingsvermogen noun (intellectual identification with another person)
Esperanto
1 entries- empatio noun (intellectual identification with another person)
Finnish
1 entries- empatia noun (intellectual identification with another person)
French
1 entries- empathie noun (intellectual identification with another person)
Georgian
1 entries- ემპათია noun (intellectual identification with another person)
German
3 entries- Einfühlungsvermögen noun (capacity to understand another person's point of view)
- Empathie noun (intellectual identification with another person)
- Empathie noun (capacity to understand another person's point of view)
Greek
3 entries- ενσυναίσθηση noun (intellectual identification with another person)
- κατανόηση noun (capacity to understand another person's point of view)
- συμπάθεια noun (capacity to understand another person's point of view)
Hebrew
1 entries- אֶמְפַּתְיָה noun (intellectual identification with another person)
Hindi
2 entries- समानुभूति noun (intellectual identification with another person)
- सहानुभूति noun (capacity to understand another person's point of view)
Hungarian
3 entries- beleérzés noun (intellectual identification with another person)
- beleérző képesség noun (intellectual identification with another person)
- empátia noun (intellectual identification with another person)
Icelandic
1 entries- hluttekning noun (capacity to understand another person's point of view)
Ido
2 entries- empatio noun (intellectual identification with another person)
- empatio noun (capacity to understand another person's point of view)
Indonesian
1 entries- empati noun (intellectual identification with another person)
Italian
2 entries- empatia noun (intellectual identification with another person)
- empatia noun (capacity to understand another person's point of view)
Japanese
1 entries- 共感 noun (intellectual identification with another person)
Korean
2 entries- 공감 noun (intellectual identification with another person)
- 공감능력 noun (capacity to understand another person's point of view)
Macedonian
1 entries- емпатија noun (intellectual identification with another person)
Malayalam
2 entries- സഹാനുഭൂതി noun (intellectual identification with another person)
- സഹാനുഭൂതി noun (capacity to understand another person's point of view)
Māori
2 entries- ngākau aroha noun (intellectual identification with another person)
- ngākau aroha noun (capacity to understand another person's point of view)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- empati noun (intellectual identification with another person)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- empati noun (intellectual identification with another person)
Persian
1 entries- همدلی noun (intellectual identification with another person)
Polish
2 entries- empatia noun (intellectual identification with another person)
- empatia noun (capacity to understand another person's point of view)
Portuguese
2 entries- empatia noun (intellectual identification with another person)
- empatia noun (capacity to understand another person's point of view)
Romanian
2 entries- empatie noun (intellectual identification with another person)
- empatie noun (capacity to understand another person's point of view)
Russian
4 entries- сопережива́ние noun (intellectual identification with another person)
- сопережива́ние noun (capacity to understand another person's point of view)
- сочу́вствие noun (intellectual identification with another person)
- сочу́вствие noun (capacity to understand another person's point of view)
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- co-fhaireachdainn noun (intellectual identification with another person)
- co-fhaireachdainn noun (capacity to understand another person's point of view)
- iochd noun (intellectual identification with another person)
- iochd noun (capacity to understand another person's point of view)
Slovak
2 entries- empatia noun (intellectual identification with another person)
- vcítenie noun (intellectual identification with another person)
Spanish
2 entries- empatía noun (intellectual identification with another person)
- empatía noun (capacity to understand another person's point of view)
Swedish
2 entries- empati noun (intellectual identification with another person)
- empati noun (capacity to understand another person's point of view)
Turkish
1 entries- empati noun (intellectual identification with another person)
Ukrainian
3 entries- емпа́тія noun (intellectual identification with another person)
- співпережива́ння noun (intellectual identification with another person)
- співчуття́ noun (intellectual identification with another person)
Vietnamese
2 entries- cộng cảm noun (capacity to understand another person's point of view)
- thấu cảm noun (intellectual identification with another person)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Tom lacks empathy.
Source: tatoeba (1520741)
Empathy is not the same as sympathy.
Source: tatoeba (3235926)
Be careful not to confuse sympathy for empathy.
Source: tatoeba (3235927)
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