Synonyms for empathy
ˈɛm pə θiem·pa·thy

Princeton's WordNet

1. empathynoun

   understanding and entering into another's feelings

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1. • Sympathy

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1. List of paraphrases for "empathy":

   sympathy, compassion, empathetic, caring

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1. Jana McConnaughhay:

   It's been people all over the political spectrum. They have compassion and empathy for those suffering.

2. Jessi Gold:

   When we mean burnout, it's workplace-associated and it has to do with emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, which in health care workers looks like a lack of empathy or sort of like treating patients like objects, and a reduced sense of personal accomplishment, in physicians, it's about 50 % when you look at burnout, and that's before Covid.

3. Greg Williams:

   60 % empathy and it's having a sense of when to walk into a room, when to walk out of a room and knowing that no photo is worth dying for.

4. Aaron McDonald:

   I currently have a client who just yesterday reported such a behavior in her dog, Isis. Her toddler has a tendency to climb and tumble. As a response, the dog now stands behind her to brace her fall. The owner gave no such instruction. What emotion drives that innovation, if not feelings of empathy ? Empathy is found at the heart of social attachment.

5. Yvonne Padmos:

   The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was penned to encourage mankind to embrace a brotherly and sisterly bond. However, if our own flesh and blood fail to embody this ideal, how can we expect the world to do so? Perhaps, it is time to rewrite the scenes of the play of life, to redefine the roles of brothers and sisters, and cultivate a society abundant in empathy and compassion.