| NOUN | cognition | sympathy, understanding | an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion |
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| feeling | sympathy, fellow feeling | sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish) | |
| relation | sympathy | a relation of affinity or harmony between people |
| Sounds | sih'mpahthiy | |
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| Rhymes | antipathy ... wealthy: 23 rhymes with thiy... | |
| Meaning | An inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion. | |
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| Synonym | understanding | |
| Broader | inclination, disposition, tendency | An attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others |
| Spanish | comprensión, entendimiento, simpatía | |
| Catalan | afecte, entesa, simpatia | |
| Adjectives | sympathetic | expressing or feeling or resulting from sympathy / sympathy or compassion or friendly fellow feelings |
| Verbs | sympathize, sympathise | be understanding of |
| Meaning | Sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish). | |
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| Synonym | fellow feeling | |
| Narrower | commiseration, pity, ruth, pathos | A feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others |
| compassion, compassionateness | A deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering | |
| compatibility | A feeling of sympathetic understanding | |
| concern | A feeling of sympathy for someone or something | |
| empathy | understanding and entering into another's feelings | |
| kindheartedness, kind-heartedness | sympathy arising from a kind heart | |
| Broader | feeling | The experiencing of affective and emotional states |
| Spanish | compasión, piedad, simpatía | |
| Catalan | compassió, simpatia | |
| Adjectives | sympathetic | expressing or feeling or resulting from sympathy / sympathy or compassion or friendly fellow feelings |
| Verbs | sympathize, sympathise | to feel or express sympathy or compassion / compassion |
| Meaning | A relation of affinity or harmony between people; whatever affects one correspondingly affects the other. | |
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| Example | "the two of them were in close sympathy" | |
| Narrower | mutual understanding, mutual affection | sympathy of each person for the other |
| Broader | affinity, kinship | A close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character |
| Spanish | simpatia, simpatía, sintonía | |
| Catalan | simpatia, sintonia | |
| Adjectives | sympathetic | having similar disposition and tastes |
| Verbs | sympathize, sympathise | share the feelings of |
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