sympathy
Definitions
Noun
- An inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion
- Sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish)
- A relation of affinity or harmony between people; whatever affects one correspondingly affects the other
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Words that sound like the term "sympathy".
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Words that are spelled similarly to the term "sympathy".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sympathetic | 4 | 35 |
| 2 | symphony | 3 | 33 |
| 3 | sympathies | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | sympathize | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | apathy | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | empathy | 3 | 1 |
| 7 | sympathized | 3 | 1 |
| 8 | sympathizing | 4 | 1 |
| 9 | spath | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | mathy | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | sympathizes | 4 | 0 |
| 12 | sympathizer | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | psychopathy | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | spaeth | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | smarty | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | patchy | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | mathys | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | mathey | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | empath | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | sympathizers | 4 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "sympathy" in a sentence.
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| 1 | sympathy for | 1 | 2 |
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Term
Definitions: 3
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 0
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 1
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 0
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
📰 This Word in the News:
Perspective | Miss Manners: Expressing sympathy for a colleague’s loss
Aug 19, 2021 The Washington Post
Aug 19, 2021 The Washington Post
“You Did It To Yourself”: Shannon Sharpe Shows No Sympathy to Marlon Humphrey After Ravens Star Gets Criticized by Own Fans
Nov 7, 2026 College Sports Network
Nov 7, 2026 College Sports Network
Searching and Finding in “Sympathy for Wild Girls” and “Portalmania”
May 27, 2025 Chicago Review of Books
May 27, 2025 Chicago Review of Books
LG allocations: Osun NLC directs affiliate unions to begin three-day sympathy strike
Nov 8, 2026 Western Post
Nov 8, 2026 Western Post
Opinion | Both My Abortions Were Necessary. Only One Gets Sympathy. (Published 2024)
Sep 25, 2024 The New York Times
Sep 25, 2024 The New York Times