empathic
Sensing others' feelings
Empathic means having or showing empathy—the ability to understand and share another person's feelings.
Someone empathic can sense what others are experiencing: She's remarkably empathic with grieving patients.
The word is interchangeable with empathetic, though empathic appears more often in clinical and scientific contexts.
Harmonious receptive connection
- rapportHarmonious mutual connection
- bondingForming close connections
- resonanceAmplified oscillation at natural frequency
- synchronyTemporal coordination
kinship · affinity · harmony · relational · interpersonal · solidarity · fellowship · togetherness
Mentally taking in meaning
- graspingGreedy for wealth
- recognizingPerceiving as known
- relatingConcerning or connecting
- identifyingDetermining what something is
appreciating · knowing · seeing · perspective-taking · vicarious · fellow-feeling
Having penetrating discernment
- discerningHaving keen judgment
- intuitiveKnown without reasoning
- sensitiveEasily affected emotionally
- attunedAdjusted to perceive
observant · aware · perceptive · receptive · feeling · sensing · reading · astute
Feeling others' emotions
- caringShowing kind concern
- kindnessConsiderate, caring disposition
- warmheartedAffectionate and sympathetic
- tenderheartedReadily feeling sympathy
gentle · benevolent · merciful · altruistic · good-hearted · big-hearted · loving · affectionate
Paying close notice
- listeningAttending to sound
- supportiveOffering help and reassurance
- validatingConfirming truth or accuracy
- acknowledgingAccepting as true
engaged · present · reflective · communicative · approachable · open · accepting · nonjudgmental
attunement
Harmonious receptive connection
- rapportHarmonious mutual connection
- bondingForming close connections
- resonanceAmplified oscillation at natural frequency
synchrony · kinship · affinity · harmony · relational · interpersonal · solidarity · fellowship · togetherness · mirroring
comprehending
Mentally taking in meaning
- graspingGreedy for wealth
- recognizingPerceiving as known
- relatingConcerning or connecting
identifying · appreciating · knowing · seeing · perspective-taking · vicarious · fellow-feeling
insightful
Having penetrating discernment
- discerningHaving keen judgment
- intuitiveKnown without reasoning
- sensitiveEasily affected emotionally
attuned · observant · aware · perceptive · receptive · feeling · sensing · reading · astute · keen
sympathetic
Feeling others' emotions
- caringShowing kind concern
- kindnessConsiderate, caring disposition
- warmheartedAffectionate and sympathetic
tenderhearted · gentle · benevolent · merciful · altruistic · good-hearted · big-hearted · loving · affectionate · solicitous
attentive
Paying close notice
- listeningAttending to sound
- supportiveOffering help and reassurance
- validatingConfirming truth or accuracy
acknowledging · engaged · present · reflective · communicative · approachable · open · accepting · nonjudgmental · witnessing
empathicnonempathic
Without emotional attunement
oblivious · apathetic · disconnected · detached · aloof
empathiccold
Low temperature state
coldhearted · cold-blooded · heartless · uncaring · callous
- lack of empathyInability to share feelings
- empathy trainingTeaching perspective-taking skills
- empathy deficitReduced capacity for compassion
- empathetic listeningUnderstanding another's perspective attentively
- cognitive empathyIntellectually grasping others' feelings
- empathy testMeasures emotional attunement
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