Synonyms for empathetic
em·pa·thet·ic

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1. empathic, empatheticadjective

   showing empathy or ready comprehension of others' states

   "a sensitive and empathetic school counselor"

   Synonyms:
   empathic

   Antonyms:
   unsympathetic

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1. List of paraphrases for "empathetic":

   empathy

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1. Nicholas Dagen Bloom:

   As she has met the people, there is probably an empathetic dimension to it, she is someone who strikes me as empathetic on this.

2. President Obama:

   Beau Biden would ask God for broader shoulders, the cruelty in Beau Biden life made Beau Biden compassionate and empathetic.

3. Nicole Kidman:

   It melts my heart … they are generous and they are empathetic. I love that about them. They went to see ‘ Beauty and the Beast, ’ and they had tears rolling down their faces because they care about the beast, they have those kind eyes. When you talk about beauty, I always look deep into people’s eyes. That’s where you see the real person.

4. Peter Levine:

   Trauma is not what happens to us, but what we hold inside in the absence of an empathetic witness.

5. David Pilgrim:

   Compassion is not pity, not even empathetic pity. There is arrogance and haughty pride in pitying others. Compassion is when we are confronted with another’s suffering and we suffer with them. Their pain is ours. We are motivated to relieve their suffering. When we feel true compassion we help those who suffer, not as a cathartic release, but because it breaks our heart that they are hurting. I have not always known or believed these things, but I am thankful that I do now.