as in compassionate
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
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Recent Examples of empathetic
Doves are harmonious, supportive and empathetic.
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Vicki Salemi, Boston Herald, 1 Sep. 2025
Margaret Brown, who directed this empathetic four-part documentary, clearly took her subject’s words to heart.
—Judy Berman, Time, 30 Aug. 2025
Ryan Whitney will always be remembered as a radiant and empathetic boy.
—Kansas City Star, 29 Aug. 2025
Whatever that is, Donzelli’s generous, empathetic but respectfully muted film gives him time and space to write his way toward it.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 29 Aug. 2025
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Vicki Salemi, Boston Herald, 1 Sep. 2025
Margaret Brown, who directed this empathetic four-part documentary, clearly took her subject’s words to heart.
—Judy Berman, Time, 30 Aug. 2025
Ryan Whitney will always be remembered as a radiant and empathetic boy.
—Kansas City Star, 29 Aug. 2025
Whatever that is, Donzelli’s generous, empathetic but respectfully muted film gives him time and space to write his way toward it.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 29 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for empathetic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for empathetic
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In all of those cases, the patients had run out of other options, and the organs were transplanted not through a standard clinical trial, but under special rules that permit compassionate use of experimental therapies for people in especially dire situations.—
Nadia Kounang,
CNN Money,
8 Sep. 2025
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Pure techno-solutionism falls short; building compassionate, regenerative AI demands philosophical and ethical rigor alongside technical excellence.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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With its buzzy energy and sympathetic — if bumbling — criminals, Lumet withholds crucial information from the viewer until the final portion of the film.—
Christina Newland,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
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The original novel includes material that’s sympathetic to the aims of the women’s movement.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Empathetic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/empathetic. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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