empathize


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Synonyms for empathize

empathize with

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Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for empathize

to understand or be sensitive to another's feelings or ideas

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to associate or affiliate oneself closely with a person or group

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Synonyms for empathize

be understanding of

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"I can empathize with you," Sy-Coson told the gathering of MSMEs during a panel discussion at the 2019 MSME National Summit as she offered the BDO One Network Bank with their financing requirement.
I empathize with movie characters to the point of muttering things like, "wow, that is so wonderful for them!" And I always assume when a stranger is rude that they must just be having a really bad day.
This kind of thinking has reduced my ability to empathize with the tragic suffering of my own people and my ability to understand why many of them may have embraced militaristic views.
The reader respects Nathan and Liz; it is easy to empathize with each one of them.
You certainly will soon empathize with Togai and his many personal challenges.
Says Roger Bowen, AAUP general counsel: "While we can empathize with the terrible disaster, it's difficult to be silent when so many faculty are losing their jobs, and in the absence of good data to demonstrate that that should happen." The AAUP sent a letter to the University of New Orleans in April addressing faculty layoffs there.
She states that although "my outlook has matured, the naive enthusiasm that fueled my teaching technique so many years ago is still what keeps the fire burning." It is important to strengthen our own ability to empathize and communicate with students to help them nacre the bumps and potholes along the way.
Lencioni does have a knack for creating personable characters that readers can empathize with to lead them through the story.
Dan Taylor in Forrest Gump helped him empathize with wounded combat soldiers and facilitated his ability to talk with them.
But by pairing The First Grand National's narration with an unconnected abstract image--as opposed to, say, a scene of a little old lady in her rundown flat--Gander encourages us to pay greater attention to her words and, by extension, to empathize with her plight.
Libby And The Cat is a very highly recommended children's book that parents can readily utilize to help youngsters empathize with family pets and learn to treat them with consideration.
Any woman, who has ever cared for a precious life, can empathize with the plight of the Afghan woman.
Southgate does what a good novelist should do: she takes you on a journey to see life through someone else's eyes, allowing you to be a fly on the wall in their story, and just perhaps gives you room to empathize enough to contemplate on your own journey in life.
If I had more of an earthy, rooty culture, I could empathize more," he said.
In later years Mikhail Gorbachev would find much to empathize with Nicholas II on the thorny issue of official restrictions.