He's sympathetic to our plan.
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Sympathetic
/ˌsɪm.pəˈθɛt.ɪk/
Synonyms for "sympathetic" (198 found)
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Closest matches (40)
Strong matches (59)
Adjective(7 words)
compatiblecomprehendingconcordantcondolatorycondolentcondolingcongenialcongruousconnectiveconsiderateconsistentconsolatoryconsolingconsonantcordialcorrelativecorrespondingdecentdelicatedragging
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Noun(1 words)
Related words (99)
in concertin harmonyin rapportin tuneinfectiousinharmonyirritableitchykindkindheartedkindlykindly-disposedlenientlike mindedlike-mindedlinkinglovingmagneticmagnetizedmelting
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mercifulmoodnervousniceof good comfortof one mindopenopen-mindedoverrefinedoversensibleoversensitiveovertenderpassiblepeacefulpertainingpertinentpityingpleasantpricklyproportionableproportionalproportionatepullingreassuringreceptivereferablereferringrefinedrelatingrelationalrelativerelievingresponsiveruthfulsensiblesensitivesentimentalsibsimpaticoskittishsoftsoftheartedsupersensitivesupportivesusceptiblesweetsympathizingtactfultendertenderheartedtetchythin skinnedthin-skinnedthoughtfulticklishtogethertouchingtouchytuggingunderstandingunitedwarmwarmheartedwelcomewell-disposedwell-intentionedwell-meaning
Adjective(9 words)
Adverb(1 words)
most common humanity
Noun(1 words)
public sympathy
Interjection(1 words)
Related word relations
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More general
6 entriesMore specific
6 entriescompassionate actempathic responsefavorable stancefight or flight responsepro-cause stancepupil dilation
Collocations
5 entriessympathetic earsympathetic gesturesympathetic nervous systemsympathetic responsesympathetic vibration
Inflections
2 entriesmore sympatheticmost sympathetic
Derivations
2 entriesAntonyms
1 entriessimilar
9 entriesTranslations
50 translations across 26 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- συμπαθής adj (of, related to, showing, or characterized by sympathy)
Bulgarian
3 entries- симпатичен adj (of a person: attracting the liking of others)
- състрадателен adj (of, related to, showing, or characterized by sympathy)
- съчувствен adj (of, related to, showing, or characterized by sympathy)
Catalan
1 entries- simpàtic adj (of, related to, showing, or characterized by sympathy)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 同情的 adj (of, related to, showing, or characterized by sympathy)
Dutch
1 entries- sympathiek adj (of, related to, showing, or characterized by sympathy)
Esperanto
1 entries- simpatia adj (of a person: attracting the liking of others)
Finnish
1 entries- myötätuntoinen adj (of, related to, showing, or characterized by sympathy)
French
1 entries- sympathique adj (of, related to, showing, or characterized by sympathy)
German
1 entries- mitfühlend adj (of, related to, showing, or characterized by sympathy)
Hungarian
4 entries- együttérző adj (of, related to, showing, or characterized by sympathy)
- megnyerő adj (of a person: attracting the liking of others)
- rokonszenves adj (of a person: attracting the liking of others)
- rokonszenvező adj (of, related to, showing, or characterized by sympathy)
Irish
4 entries- báúil adj (of, related to, showing, or characterized by sympathy)
- comhbhraiteach adj (of, related to, showing, or characterized by sympathy)
- comhbhách adj (of, related to, showing, or characterized by sympathy)
- comhghoilliúnach adj (of, related to, showing, or characterized by sympathy)
Italian
1 entries- sensibile adj (of, related to, showing, or characterized by sympathy)
Latin
1 entries- misericors adj (of, related to, showing, or characterized by sympathy)
Manx
2 entries- co-ennaghtagh adj (of, related to, showing, or characterized by sympathy)
- erreeishagh adj (of, related to, showing, or characterized by sympathy)
Māori
2 entries- pukuaroha adj (of, related to, showing, or characterized by sympathy)
- pūaroha adj (of, related to, showing, or characterized by sympathy)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- sîmpasawî adj (of, related to, showing, or characterized by sympathy)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- sympatisk adj (of, related to, showing, or characterized by sympathy)
Old English
1 entries- efnþrōwiende adj (of, related to, showing, or characterized by sympathy)
Polish
1 entries- współczujący adj (of, related to, showing, or characterized by sympathy)
Portuguese
2 entries- simpático adj (of, related to, showing, or characterized by sympathy)
- simpático adj (of a person: attracting the liking of others)
Russian
1 entries- сочувствующий adj (of, related to, showing, or characterized by sympathy)
Spanish
4 entries- amable adj (of, related to, showing, or characterized by sympathy)
- compasivo adj (of, related to, showing, or characterized by sympathy)
- comprehensivo adj (of, related to, showing, or characterized by sympathy)
- comprensivo adj (of, related to, showing, or characterized by sympathy)
Swedish
1 entries- sympatisk adj (of, related to, showing, or characterized by sympathy)
Turkish
3 entries- sevimli adj (of a person: attracting the liking of others)
- simpatik adj (of a person: attracting the liking of others)
- şirin adj (of a person: attracting the liking of others)
Unami
1 entries- kwëtamàlsi adj (of, related to, showing, or characterized by sympathy)
Yiddish
1 entries- סימפּאַטיש adj (of, related to, showing, or characterized by sympathy)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
The girl and her parents were very sympathetic.
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A good doctor is sympathetic to his patients.
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Technically, drugs that cause miosis can relieve the PNS effects of those causing mydriasis since sympathetic and parasympathetic stimulation tend to negate each others' effects.
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