| Main Entry: | identify with |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put oneself in the place of another |
Synonyms: |
ally, associate, empathize, feel for, put in same category, put oneself in another's shoes, relate to, respond to, see through someone's eyes, sympathize, think of in connection, understand |
| Main Entry: | compare |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | liken, equate |
Synonyms: |
allegorize, approach, approximate to, assimilate, balance, be in the same class as, be on a par with, bear comparison, bring near, come up to, compete with, connect, correlate, distinguish between, draw parallel, equal, equate, hold a candle to, identify with, link, make like, match, notice similarities, parallel, put alongside, relate, resemble, show correspondence, stack up with, standardize, tie up, vie |
| Notes: | compare emphasizes the similarities between or among things, though not losing sight of the differences; contrast emphasizes the differences |
| Main Entry: | liken |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compare |
Synonyms: |
allegorize, approach, approximate to, assimilate, balance, be in the same class as, be on a par with, bear comparison, come up to, correlate, distinguish between, draw parallel, equal, equate, identify with, link, make like, match, notice similarities, parallel, put alongside, relate, resemble, show correspondence |
| Main Entry: | pity |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | feel sorry for; spare |
Synonyms: |
ache*, be sorry for, be sympathetic, bleed for, comfort, commiserate, condole, console, feel for, feel with, forgive, give quarter, grant amnesty, grieve with, have compassion, have mercy on, identify with, lament with, pardon, put out of one's misery, relent, reprieve, show forgiveness, show sympathy, solace, soothe, sympathize, take pity on, understand, weep for |
Antonyms: |
disdain, scorn |
| Main Entry: | relate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | correlate, pertain |
Synonyms: |
affect, ally, appertain, apply, ascribe, assign, associate, be joined with, be relevant to, bear upon, bracket, combine, compare, concern, conjoin, connect, consociate, coordinate, correspond to, couple, credit, have reference to, have to do with, identify with, impute, interconnect, interdepend, interrelate, join, link, orient, orientate, pertain, refer, tie in with, touch, unite, yoke |
Antonyms: |
dissociate |
| Main Entry: | sympathize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | feel for, be compassionate |
Synonyms: |
ache, agree, appreciate, be in accord, be in sympathy, be kind to, be there for, be understanding, bleed for, comfort, commiserate, compassionate, comprehend, condole, emphathize, feel heart go out to, go along with, grieve with, have compassion, identify with, love, offer consolation, pick up on, pity, relate to, share another's sorrow, show kindliness, show mercy, show tenderness, side with, tune in, understand |
Antonyms: |
disapprove, disregard, ignore |
| Main Entry: | understand |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | appreciate, comprehend |
Synonyms: |
accept, apprehend, be aware, be conscious of, be with it, catch, catch on, conceive, deduce, discern, distinguish, explain, fathom, figure out, find out, follow, get the hang of, get the idea, get the picture, get the point, get*, grasp, have knowledge of, identify with, infer, interpret, ken, know, learn, make out, make sense of, master, note, penetrate, perceive, possess, read, realize, recognize, register, savvy*, see, seize, sense, sympathize, take in*, take meaning, tolerate |
Antonyms: |
misinterpret, misunderstand |
| Main Entry: | relate to |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | have connection with |
Synonyms: |
comprehend, connect, empathize, identify with, link with, stand in one's shoes, sympathize, understand |
| Concept: | Pity. |
| Category: | 2. Special Sympathetic Affections |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
pity, compassion, commiseration; bowels, of compassion; sympathy, fellow-feeling, tenderness, yearning, forbearance, humanity, mercy, clemency; leniency (lenity); charity, ruth, long- suffering., melting mood; argumentum ad misericordiam, quarter, grace, locus paenititentiae., sympathizer; advocate, friend, partisan, patron, wellwisher.
-verbs
pity; have pity, show pity, take pity; commiserate, compassionate; condole; sympathize; feel for, be sorry for, yearn for; weep, melt, thaw, enter into the feelings of., forbear, relent, relax, give quarter, wipe the tears, parcere subjectis, give a coup de grace, put out of one's misery., raise pity, excite pity; touch, soften; melt, melt the heart; propitiate, disarm., ask for mercy; supplicate (request); cry for quarter, beg one's life, kneel; deprecate.
-adjectives
pitying; pitiful, compassionate, sympathetic, touched., merciful, clement, ruthful; humane; humanitarian (philanthropic); tender, tender hearted, tender as a chicken; soft, soft hearted; unhardened; lenient; exorable, forbearing; melting; weak.
-phrases
one's heart bleeding for; haud ignara mali miseris succurrere disco [Vergil]; "a fellow feeling makes one wondrous kind" [Garrick]; onor di bocca assai giova e poco
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Antonyms: |
pitilessness |
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