Synonyms for empathize
ˈɛm pəˌθaɪzem·pathize

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1. 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, infer, read, empathise, interpret

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1. List of paraphrases for "empathize":

   commiserate, sympathize

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1. Kim Won-koo:

   I couldn't empathize with the premise that a woman born in 1982 was discriminated against when she was growing up, many of the situations seem unrealistic or very, very rare.

2. Texas President Greg Fenves:

   I empathize with the many faculty members, staffers, students and parents of students who signed petitions, sent emails and letters, and organized to ban guns from campus and especially classrooms, as a professor, I understand the deep concerns raised by so many. However, as president, I have an obligation to uphold the law.

3. Angela Taylor:

   As a caregiver, I think one of the challenges is recognizing that we can not use the same skills and interpersonal dynamics that we came to rely on in our relationship with the person with LBD, we have to develop new ones because you can not reason with somebody who is having a hallucination or delusion. Sometimes you have to more step into their reality and empathize( and) learn a new way to offer assistance without them feeling like they're being treated like a child.

4. Mark Naison:

   People are able to empathize, communicate and talk honestly across racial lines much better than they did five years ago, and certainly 10 years ago and 20 years ago.

5. Jhon Jairo Burbano:

   We've learnt how to listen, respect and empathize ... We couldn't remain in different corners because our business has to move in the same direction.