What does empathetic mean?

empathetic means "showing empathy or ready comprehension of others' states".

How many syllables are in empathetic?

empathetic has 4 syllables: em-pa-thet-ic. The stress falls on "thet". In IPA it is /ˌɛmpəˈθɛtɪk/.

What is another word for empathetic?

Close synonyms include empathic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is empathetic a common word?

empathetic is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with empathetic?

12 words rhyme with empathetic. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

Empathetic — meaning, pronunciation and syllables

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
showing empathy or ready comprehension of others' states
“a sensitive and empathetic school counselor”
Synonymsempathic
Similarsympathetic

Questions about empathetic

What does empathetic mean?: empathetic means "showing empathy or ready comprehension of others' states".
How many syllables are in empathetic?: empathetic has 4 syllables: em-pa-thet-ic. The stress falls on "thet". In IPA it is /ˌɛmpəˈθɛtɪk/.
What is another word for empathetic?: Close synonyms include empathic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

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