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empathetic

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Synonyms & Antonyms of empathetic

having or showing the capacity for sharing the feelings of another

an empathetic social worker who soon realized that the single mother was at her breaking point

Synonyms for empathetic

commiserative,
compassionate,
empathic,
humane,
sympathetic,
understanding

Words Related to empathetic

feeling,
perceptive,
sensitive

considerate,
gentle,
softhearted,
tender,
tenderhearted,
warm,
warmhearted

benevolent,
benignant,
bighearted,
charitable,
kind,
kindhearted,
kindly,
largehearted,
magnanimous

clement,
lenient,
merciful,
tolerant

pitying,
ruthful

congenial,
cordial,
friendly,
genial,
good-natured,
good-tempered,
gracious,
well-disposed

affectionate,
loving

Near Antonyms for empathetic

inconsiderate,
insensitive,
thoughtless,
unthinking

aloof,
cool,
indifferent,
uncaring,
uninterested

unaffectionate,
unfriendly,
unloving

merciless,
pitiless,
ruthless

bigoted,
blinkered,
narrow-minded,
small-minded

brutal,
grim,
hard-bitten,
hard-boiled,
harsh,
oppressive,
rough,
severe,
stern,
tough,
ungentle,
unrelenting

abusive,
acrimonious,
disagreeable,
hateful,
hostile,
ill-natured,
ill-tempered,
malevolent,
malicious,
mean,
rancorous,
spiteful,
surly,
unkind,
virulent

Antonyms for empathetic

callous,
cold-blooded,
coldhearted,
hard,
hard-hearted,
heartless,
inhuman,
inhumane,
insensate,
obdurate,
unfeeling,
unsympathetic

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