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sympathizer

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sym·pa·thize  (smp-thz)
intr.v. sym·pa·thized, sym·pa·thiz·ing, sym·pa·thiz·es
1. To feel or express compassion, as for another's suffering; commiserate.
2. To share or understand the feelings or ideas of another: sympathized with the goals of the committee.
3. To be in accord; correspond.

sympa·thizer n.
sympa·thizing·ly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.sympathizer - commiserates with someone who has had misfortune
communicator - a person who communicates with others
Job's comforter - someone whose comfort is actually discouraging
2.sympathizer - someone who shares your feelings or opinions and hopes that you will be successful
bleeding heart - someone who is excessively sympathetic toward those who claim to be exploited or underprivileged
fellow traveler, fellow traveller - a communist sympathizer (but not a member of the Communist Party)
admirer, booster, protagonist, supporter, champion, friend - a person who backs a politician or a team etc.; "all their supporters came out for the game"; "they are friends of the library"

sympathizer
noun supporter, partisan, protagonist, fellow traveller, well-wisher a well-known playwright and Communist sympathizer
Translations
sympathizer [ˈsɪmpəθaɪzəʳ] Nsimpatizante mf, partidario/a m/f (with de)
sympathizer [ˈsɪmpəθaɪzər] sympathiser (British) n (politically, ideologically)sympathisant(e) m/f
sympathizer
nMitfühlende(r) mf; (at death also) → Kondolierende(r) mf; (with cause) → Sympathisant(in) m(f)
sympathizer [ˈsɪmpəˌθaɪzəʳ] n (fig) (esp Pol) sympathizer (with)simpatizzante m/f (di)
sympathizer [ˈsɪmpəˌθaɪzəʳ] n (fig) (esp Pol) sympathizer (with)simpatizzante m/f (di)


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Poor Flora had no greater enemy, the aggrieved mate had no greater sympathizer.
At once it occurred to Mills that this eccentric youngster was the very person for what the legitimist sympathizers had very much at heart just then: to organize a supply by sea of arms and ammunition to the Carlist detachments in the South.
The victorious huntsman rode off to join the field, and there, surrounded by inquiring sympathizers, recounted his exploits.
 
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