How do you pronounce empathy?

Empathy is pronounced EM-puh-thee (the syllable in capital letters is stressed).

What is another word for empathy?

Synonyms for empathy include compassion, understanding, sensitivity.

Word meaning

Empathy is a noun that means the ability to understand and share the feelings of another person.

noun · EM-puh-thee

Empathy means the ability to understand and share the feelings of another person.

“Good nurses combine medical skill with real empathy.”

Formed in the early 20th century from Greek pathos, "feeling," to translate German Einfühlung.

Say it out loud a few times: EM-puh-thee.
Write one sentence of your own using empathy, about something that happened to you today.
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