Synonyms of empathic

empathic

adjective

em-ˈpa-thik 

as in compassionate

having or showing the capacity for sharing the feelings of another

gave an empathic nod as I recounted my repeated efforts to land a decent-paying job in a tough economy

Synonyms & Similar Words

• compassionate
• sympathetic
• empathetic
• understanding
• humane
• gentle
• loving
• affectionate
• warm
• benevolent
• feeling
• commiserative
• perceptive
• sensitive
• gracious
• merciful
• kind
• charitable
• friendly
• considerate
• kindly
• magnanimous
• kindhearted
• tolerant
• lenient
• pitying
• softhearted
• good-natured
• warmhearted
• congenial
• tenderhearted
• bighearted
• benignant
• cordial
• largehearted
• tender
• genial
• good-tempered
• well-disposed
• clement
• ruthful

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• callous
• unsympathetic
• inhuman
• heartless
• unfeeling
• insensitive
• inhumane
• obdurate
• hard
• indifferent
• thoughtless
• cold-blooded
• aloof
• unthinking
• insensate
• uncaring
• inconsiderate
• cool
• uninterested
• coldhearted
• unfriendly
• ruthless
• hard-hearted
• pitiless
• unloving
• merciless
• severe
• bigoted
• hostile
• brutal
• unaffectionate
• stern
• oppressive
• harsh
• tough
• unrelenting
• grim
• abusive
• malicious
• malevolent
• virulent
• unkind
• spiteful
• ungentle
• disagreeable
• rough
• surly
• hateful
• acrimonious
• mean
• blinkered
• narrow-minded
• rancorous
• small-minded
• hard-bitten
• hard-boiled
• ill-tempered
• ill-natured

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of empathic

Perhaps a health scare, ascent into the middle years, and fatherhood have softened the songwriter, but there is a gentle and empathic feeling at play here that is missing from his early records. — Spin Staff, SPIN, 1 June 2026

Five working-class friends from Birmingham are drawn with such empathic curiosity that Conor (Daryl McCormack), Patrick (Anthony Boyle), Shiv (Lola Petticrew), Oli (Jay Lycurgo) and Rian (Joe Cole) all but follow you home after the film. — Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 20 May 2026

The digital screen has become a reflecting pond, devoid of the neuropsychological nutrition essential to healthy human attachment—a diet of physical presence, touch, empathic attunement and reciprocal attention. — Jim Winston Jr, Forbes.com, 11 May 2026

School for Defectors, with its endearing cast of students and empathic educators, is also resonating with audiences, to judge from the response at True/False. — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 8 Mar. 2026