sympathise
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
share the feelings of; understand the sentiments of
Types & categories
- feel hypernym
Related & opposite
- well-wisher derivation
- sympathy derivation
Sense 2 verb
to feel or express sympathy or compassion
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- condolence derivation
- fellow feeling derivation
- pity derivation
- comforter derivation
- commiserative derivation
Sense 3 verb
be understanding of
You don't need to explain--I understand!
Related & opposite
- sympathy derivation
- empathy derivation
- apprehensible derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | well-wisher |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sympathy |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | feel |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | condolence |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | fellow feeling |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pity |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | comforter |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | commiserative |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | pity |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | condole |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | sympathy |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | empathy |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | apprehensible |