empathize
Share another's feelings
To empathize is to understand and share another person's feelings—to imaginatively enter their emotional experience.
Unlike sympathy, which observes suffering from outside, empathy attempts to feel it from within: I could empathize with her frustration after going through something similar.
The ability to empathize is considered fundamental to human connection and moral behavior.
Connect or recount
- bondBinding tie or connection
- rapportHarmonious mutual connection
- attuneAdjust to conditions
- resonateVibrate or echo deeply
identify · sympathize · engage · commune · harmonize · sync · click · affiliate
Return light or thought
- mimicOne who copies others
- attunementHarmonious receptive connection
- emotional contagionInvoluntary mood absorption
- mirroringReproducing an image identically
echo · parallel · match · correspond · resonate · synchronize · imitate · model
Showing kind concern
- kindnessConsiderate, caring disposition
- warmthHeat you feel
- tendernessGentle, caring quality
- sensitivityResponsiveness to stimuli
concern · consideration · humanity · understanding · benevolence · solidarity · gentleness · mercy
Grasp the meaning
- comprehendTo fully understand
- perceiveBecome conscious of
- recognizePerceive as known
- appreciateRecognize value or merit
discern · fathom · grasp · realize · acknowledge · see · viewpoint · standpoint
relate
Connect or recount
resonate · identify · sympathize · engage · commune · harmonize · sync · click · affiliate · align
reflect
Return light or thought
- mimicOne who copies others
- attunementHarmonious receptive connection
- emotional contagionInvoluntary mood absorption
mirroring · echo · parallel · match · correspond · resonate · synchronize · imitate · model · absorb
caring
Showing kind concern
- kindnessConsiderate, caring disposition
- warmthHeat you feel
- tendernessGentle, caring quality
sensitivity · concern · consideration · humanity · understanding · benevolence · solidarity · gentleness · mercy · goodwill
understand
Grasp the meaning
- comprehendTo fully understand
- perceiveBecome conscious of
- recognizePerceive as known
appreciate · discern · fathom · grasp · realize · acknowledge · see · viewpoint · standpoint · vantage
- Understanding Othersknow someone, see through, figure out, size up, put yourself in their shoes
- communicationtelephone, conversation, inform, hand signal, messages
- communication verbssay, speak, tell, talk, ask
- mental processesthinking, think, reasoning, cognition, pondering
- calmingcalm, calm down, soothe, relax, pacify
- encouragementencourage, encouraging, praises, hang in there, supports
empathizemisunderstand
Grasp incorrectly
ignore · disregard · misinterpret · dismiss · miss the point
empathizedismiss
Send away or reject
disregard · neglect · shrug off · brush aside · turn a blind eye
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