empathizes
Shares another's feelings
Empathizes means to understand and share another person's feelings or perspective.
To empathize is to imaginatively enter someone else's emotional state: She empathizes with refugees because her own family fled persecution.
The word implies genuine emotional connection rather than mere intellectual understanding.
Someone who empathizes feels with another person, not just for them.
Mentally grasps meaning
- feelsPerceives or experiences
- connectsCreates a link between
- relatesConnects or recounts
- sympathizesShares emotional understanding
compassion · shares · resonates · identifies · comforts · supports · listens · validates
Gives professional advice
- therapistMental health practitioner
- active listeningFocused, responsive attention to speech
- rapportHarmonious mutual connection
- client-centeredOriented toward the served
validates · reflects · attunement · presence · holding space · psychologist · session · processing
Understanding another's viewpoint
- imaginesMentally conjures scenes
- considersThinks about carefully
- appreciatesRecognizes merit in
- bridgesStructures spanning obstacles
communicates · reconciles · mediates · forgives · accepts · tolerates · patient · nonjudgmental
understands
Mentally grasps meaning
sympathizes · compassion · shares · resonates · identifies · comforts · supports · listens · validates · acknowledges
counsels
Gives professional advice
- therapistMental health practitioner
- active listeningFocused, responsive attention to speech
- rapportHarmonious mutual connection
client-centered · validates · reflects · attunement · presence · holding space · psychologist · session · processing · emotional support
perspective-taking
Understanding another's viewpoint
- imaginesMentally conjures scenes
- considersThinks about carefully
- appreciatesRecognizes merit in
bridges · communicates · reconciles · mediates · forgives · accepts · tolerates · patient · nonjudgmental · open-minded
empathizesdisregards
Fails to consider
ignores · detaches · dissociates · tunes out · disconnects
empathizesdisregards
Fails to consider
neglects · dismisses · overlooks · turns a blind eye · couldn't care less