| Main Entry: | sympathy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shared feeling |
Synonyms: |
accord, affinity, agreement, alliance, attraction, benignancy, close relation, commiseration, compassion, concord, congeniality, connection, correspondence, empathy, feelings, fellow feeling, harmony, heart, kindliness, kindness, mutual attraction, mutual fondness, rapport, responsiveness, sensitivity, tenderness, understanding, union, unity, warmheartedness, warmth |
| Notes: | condolence and sympathy are parallel formations going back to Latin condolere and Greek sumpatheia, meaning 'together-suffering' empathy denotes a deep emotional understanding of another's feelings or problems, while sympathy is more general and can apply to small annoyances or setbacks sympathy means the stimulation in a person of feelings that are similar in kind to those that affect another person; empathy means a mental or affective projection into the feelings or state of mind of another person |
Antonyms: |
disdain, incompatibility, indifference |
| Main Entry: | sympathy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pity |
Synonyms: |
aid, cheer, comfort, commiseration, compassion, condolence, consolation, empathy, encouragement, reassurance, rue, ruth, solace, tenderness, thoughtfulness, understanding |
Antonyms: |
callousness, indifference, mercilessness |
| Main Entry: | accord |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | agreement, mutual understanding (often written) |
Synonyms: |
10-4, accordance, concert, concord, concurrence, conformity, congruence, correspondence, deal, good vibes, good vibrations, harmony, okay, pact, rapport, reconciliation, sympathy, treaty, unanimity |
| Notes: | something (a quality) is in accord with something else; something acts in accordance with something else (an activity) |
Antonyms: |
antagonism, denial, disagreement, dissension, opposition, refusal |
| Main Entry: | affinity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | liking or inclination toward something |
Synonyms: |
affection, attraction, closeness, compatibility, cotton, cup of tea, druthers, fondness, good vibrations, leaning, partiality, rapport, same wavelength, simpatico, sympathy, thing*, weakness* |
Antonyms: |
dislike, hatred |
| Main Entry: | agreement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | concurrence |
Synonyms: |
acceding, accession, accommodation, accord, accordance, acknowledging, adjustment, affiliation, affinity, alliance, amity, approving, arbitration, arrangement, assenting, authorizing, bargaining, compatibility, compliance, complying, compromise, concert, concession, concord, concordance, concurring, conformity, congruity, consistency, correspondence, endorsing, granting, harmony, mediation, ratifying, reconciliation, similarity, suitableness, sympathy, understanding, union, unison, verification, verifying |
Antonyms: |
disagreement |
| Main Entry: | appreciation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | recognition of worth |
Synonyms: |
admiration, aesthetic sense, affection, appraisal, assessment, attraction, awareness, cognizance, commendation, comprehension, enjoyment, esteem, estimation, grasp, high regard, knowledge, liking, love, perception, realization, recognition, regard, relish, respect, responsivenesss, sensibility, sensitiveness, sensitivity, sympathy, understanding, valuation |
| Main Entry: | benevolence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | charity |
Synonyms: |
altruism, amity, comity, compassion, feeling, friendliness, friendship, generosity, gift, good will, goodness, humanity, kindheartedness, kindness, sympathy |
Antonyms: |
animosity, greediness, ill will, malevolence, meanness, selfishness, spite, unkindness |
| Main Entry: | bosom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | heart; core |
Synonyms: |
affections, center, circle, conscience, emotions, feelings, inside, interior, sentiments, soul, spirit, sympathies |
Antonyms: |
exteriority, outside |
| Main Entry: | comfort |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | aid, help |
Synonyms: |
alleviation, assist, compassion, compensation, consolation, encouragement, hand, lift, pity, relief, secours, solace, succor, support, sympathy |
Antonyms: |
hindrance, hurt, injury, torment, torture |
| Main Entry: | communion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | affinity, agreement |
Synonyms: |
accord, association, close relationship, closeness, communing, concord, contact, converse, fellowship, harmony, intercommunication, intercourse, intimacy, participation, rapport, sympathy, togetherness, unity |
Antonyms: |
antagonism, contention, disagreement, discord, disunity, division, hostility, variance |