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Adjective sympathetic has 6 senses
- sympathetic - of or relating to the sympathetic nervous system; "sympathetic neurons"; "sympathetic stimulation"
- sympathetic - 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"
Antonyms: unsympathetic, unsympathizing, unsympathising
- compatible, sympathetic - having similar disposition and tastes; "a compatible married couple"; "with their many similar tastes, he found her a most sympathetic companion"
Antonyms: uncongenial, incompatible (indirect, via congenial)
- charitable, kindly, sympathetic, large-hearted - showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity; "was charitable in his opinions of others"; "kindly criticism"; "a kindly act"; "sympathetic words"; "a large-hearted mentor"
Antonym: unkind (indirect, via kind)
- sympathetic, appealing, likeable, likable - (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings; "the sympathetic characters in the play"
Antonyms: unsympathetic, unappealing, unlikeable, unlikable
- harmonic, sympathetic - relating to vibrations that occur as a result of vibrations in a nearby body; "sympathetic vibration"
Antonyms: inharmonious, unharmonious (indirect, via harmonious)
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