sym·pa·thize

(sĭm′pə-thīz′)

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.

sym′pa·thiz′er n.

sym′pa·thiz′ing·ly adv.

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sym•pa•thiz•er

(ˈsɪm pəˌθaɪ zər)
n.

1. a person who is in approving accord with a cause or person: a communist sympathizer.

2. a person who sympathizes.

[1810–15]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	sympathizer - commiserates with someone who has had misfortune comforter, sympathiser 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 well-wisher, sympathiser 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

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Translations

rokonszenvezőszimpatizáns

simpatizzante

sympathizer

[ˈsɪmpəθaɪzəʳ] N → simpatizante mf, partidario/a m/f (with de)

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

sympathizer

[ˈsɪmpəθaɪzə^r] sympathiser (British) n (politically, ideologically) → sympathisant(e) m/f

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sympathizer

n → Mitfühlende(r) mf; (at death also) → Kondolierende(r) mf; (with cause) → Sympathisant(in) m(f)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

sympathizer

[ˈsɪmpəˌθaɪzəʳ] n (fig) (esp Pol) sympathizer (with) → simpatizzante m/f (di)

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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.

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The victorious huntsman rode off to join the field, and there, surrounded by inquiring sympathizers, recounted his exploits.

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He had no friends and few sympathizers, and he insisted upon defending himself.

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It was clear, from the moment of his rising, that he had a number of friends and sympathizers in the hall, though they formed a minority in the audience.

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As I was dressing, I looked out of my window and asked one of our men who had been among the active sympathizers last night whether there was anything wrong about the house.

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