EMPATHETIC: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for EMPATHETIC?

Need another word that means the same as “empathetic”? Find 1 synonym and 30 related words for “empathetic” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Empathetic” are: empathic

Empathetic as an Adjective

Definitions of "Empathetic" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “empathetic” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Showing empathy or ready comprehension of others' states.
• Showing an ability to understand and share the feelings of another.

Synonyms of "Empathetic" as an adjective (1 Word)

empathic

Showing empathy or ready comprehension of others’ states. Tears may elicit an empathic response in people.

Usage Examples of "Empathetic" as an adjective

• She's compassionate and empathetic towards her daughter.
• I have been touched by the empathetic response to my bad luck.
• A sensitive and empathetic school counselor.

Associations of "Empathetic" (30 Words)

altruism	Behaviour of an animal that benefits another at its own expense. Reciprocal altruism.
benefaction	A donation or gift. Take official receipt of such benefaction.
benevolence	The quality of being well meaning; kindness.
caring	A loving feeling. Caring friends.
compassionate	Share the suffering of. Heard the soft and compassionate voices of women.
condolence	An expression of sympathy with another’s grief. They sent their condolences.
considerateness	Kind and considerate regard for others.
empathize	Be understanding of. Counsellors need to be able to empathize with people.
empathy	The ability to understand and share the feelings of another.
forgiving	Inclined or able to forgive and show mercy. Snow is a forgiving surface on which to fall.
generosity	The quality of being kind and generous. I was overwhelmed by the generosity of friends and neighbours.
goodwill	The established reputation of a business regarded as a quantifiable asset and calculated as part of its value when it is sold. A goodwill gesture.
kindness	Tendency to be kind and forgiving. It would be a kindness on your part to invite her.
loving	Enjoying the specified activity or thing. Loving parents.
mawkish	Having a faint sickly flavour. The mawkish smell of warm beer.
melodrama	The genre of melodrama. He gloated like a villain in a Victorian melodrama.
merciful	Showing or giving mercy. Sought merciful treatment for the captives.
pathetic	Arousing pity, especially through vulnerability or sadness. Their efforts were pathetic.
pathos	A quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow. The actor injects his customary humour and pathos into the role.
pity	A cause for regret or disappointment. What a pity we can t be friends.
regretful	Feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone. Regretful over mistakes she had made.
regrettable	Deserving regret. Regrettable remarks.
ruth	A feeling of pity, distress, or grief.
sadness	The condition or quality of being sad. It is one of life s sadnesses.
selflessness	Acting with less concern for yourself than for the success of the joint activity. A noble act of selflessness.
sentimentality	Exaggerated and self-indulgent tenderness, sadness, or nostalgia. There are passages which verge on sentimentality.
sympathetic	Of or relating to the sympathetic nervous system. He was sympathetic to evolutionary ideas.
sympathy	A relation of affinity or harmony between people; whatever affects one correspondingly affects the other. The two of them were in close sympathy.
telepathy	Apparent communication from one mind to another without using sensory perceptions.
understanding	Characterized by understanding based on comprehension and discernment and empathy. An understanding friend.