sympathetic

Meanings

Adjective

• of or relating to the sympathetic nervous system
  • "sympathetic neurons"
  • "sympathetic stimulation"
• expressing or feeling or resulting from sympathy or compassion or friendly fellow feelings; disposed toward
  • "sympathetic to the students' cause"
  • "a sympathetic observer"
  • "a sympathetic gesture"
• (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings
  • "the sympathetic characters in the play"

Adjective Satellite

• showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity
  • "sympathetic words"
• having similar disposition and tastes
  • "with their many similar tastes, he found her a most sympathetic companion"
• relating to vibrations that occur as a result of vibrations in a nearby body
  • "sympathetic vibration"

Synonyms

appealing, benevolent, charitable, good-hearted, harmonic, kindly, large-hearted, likable, likeable, openhearted

Antonyms

unsympathetic