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Defenition of the word sympathetic

    • Defenition of the word sympathetic

      • Having the same tastes and temperament.
      • showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding; "was charitable in his opinions of others"; "kindly criticism"; "a kindly act"; "sympathetic words"
      • having similar disposition and tastes; "a compatible married couple"; "with their many similar tastes, he found her a most sympathetic companion"
      • relating to vibrations that occur as a result of vibrations in a nearby body; "sympathetic vibration"
      • expressing or feeling or resulting from sympathy or compassion or friendly fellow feelings; disposed toward; "sympathetic to the students' cause"; "a sympathetic observer"; "a sympathetic gesture"
      • (physiology; anatomy) or or relating to the sympathetic nervous system; "sympathetic neurons"; "sympathetic stimulation"
      • (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings; "the sympathetic characters in the play"
      • showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity; "was charitable in his opinions of others"; "kindly criticism"; "a kindly act"; "sympathetic words"; "a large-hearted mentor"
      • expressing or feeling or resulting from sympathy or compassion or friendly fellow feelings; disposed toward; "sympathetic to the students'' cause"; "a sympathetic observer"; "a sympathetic gesture"
      • of or relating to the sympathetic nervous system; "sympathetic neurons"; "sympathetic stimulation"
      • relating to vibrations that occur as a result of vibrations in a nearby body
      • showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity
      • having similar disposition and tastes
      • expressing or feeling or resulting from sympathy or compassion or friendly fellow feelings; disposed toward
      • (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings
      • of or relating to the sympathetic nervous system

    Synonyms for the word sympathetic

      • appealing
      • charitable
      • compatible
      • harmonic
      • kindly
      • likable
      • likeable

    Similar words in the sympathetic

      • agreeable
      • commiserative
      • compassionate
      • congenial
      • empathetic
      • empathic
      • harmonious
      • kind

    Antonyms for the word sympathetic

      • unappealing
      • unlikable
      • unlikeable
      • unsympathetic

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