Synonyms for SYMPATHIZE
ˈsɪm pəˌθaɪzsym·pa·thize

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1. sympathize, sympathiseverb

   share the feelings of; understand the sentiments of

   Synonyms:
   sympathize, empathise, commiserate, sympathise, empathize, understand

2. sympathize, sympathise, empathize, empathise, understandverb

   be understanding of

   "You don't need to explain--I understand!"

   Synonyms:
   see, translate, realize, sympathise, realise, commiserate, sympathize, understand, empathize, infer, read, empathise, interpret

3. commiserate, sympathize, sympathiseverb

   to feel or express sympathy or compassion

   Synonyms:
   sympathize, empathise, commiserate, sympathise, empathize, understand

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1. • Feel
   • Sympathize With

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1. sympathizeverb

   Synonyms:
   have sympathy, commiserate, condole with, agree, be in accord

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1. List of paraphrases for "sympathize":

   commiserate, sympathise, empathize

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1. Garth Brooks:

   This has been quite an emotional morning for people trying to get tickets and for people trying to sell tickets, this show will be on Mother’s Day Weekend, I think that adds a huge amount of emotion to the mix. I would like to thank the people that showed up today to buy tickets. You have all of my love and gratitude and please accept my apologies for the frustration. I would also like to thank the people that tried to sell tickets today, you have all of my love and gratitude and I sympathize with your frustration.

2. Shashank Joshi:

   Whilst you may reinforce and excite those who are already radicalized ... there's also the risk that you turn away many people who would sympathize with you if you opted for more legitimate targets.

3. Ben Johnson:

   I still haven't heard anything that leads me to say that we absolutely have to do it, i've heard lots of emotional arguments and I sympathize with all of them. Anyone who only has Sunday off -- God bless them -- but we do have mail-in ballots available.

4. Zachary Taylor:

   As American freemen we can not but sympathize in all efforts to extend the blessings of civil and political liberty, but at the same time we are warned by the admonitions of history and the voice of our own beloved Washington to abstain from entangling alliances with foreign nations.

5. Dr. Thomas Arnold Mindell:

   The more I work with the body, keeping my assumptions in a temporary state of reservation, the more I appreciate and sympathize with a given "disease." The body no longer appears as a sick or irrational demon, but as a process with its own inner logic and wisdom.