Synonyms & related words for empathise

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Words related to empathise

Explore words related to empathise — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include empathize, sympathize, understand, commiserate, commiserator, empathy, empathetic, commiserative. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does empathise come from?

The word empathise breaks down into 3 roots of Greek origin: em-, from Greek en (“in”); path, from Greek pathos (“feeling, suffering”); and -ise, from Greek -izein (“to make, form verb”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.