Synonyms:
sympathy, understanding
Meaning: an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion; "his sympathies were always with the underdog"; "I knew I could count on his understanding"
Synonyms:
sympathy, fellow_feeling
Meaning: sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish)
Synonyms:
sympathy
Meaning: a relation of affinity or harmony between people; whatever affects one correspondingly affects the other; "the two of them were in close sympathy"
Usage examples
By the sheer centripetal force of sympathy
Pollyanna nodded, all sympathy and interest.
Man, what you need is not sympathy, but a push.
The nations always have our respect and our sympathy.
Could it be that Nell had any sympathy for these Reds?
I am deeply touched by your kind letter of sympathy ...
Alice bent over him full of sympathy, and he took her arm.
Lanyard murmured some conventional expression of sympathy.
If it is one tithe as painful as that, you have my sympathy.
The stranger glanced at the big man's face in quick sympathy.