Meanings
comparative more empathic · superlative most empathic
- Showing or expressing empathy.
Be fair to people: even those who manage to be empathic can't be telepathic. They're only human — they can't read your mind.
Synonyms: empathetic · Antonyms: apathetic, cold
- Of, pertaining to, or being an empath, having an extraordinarily high capability of sensing the emotions of others.
- Doing so through psychological talent or training.
Be fair to people: not everyone can be empathic, like Cathy is. Her gift is rare.
- literatureDoing so through psychicness, telepathy, etc: that is, through either supernatural powers or neurotechnological powers.
Near-synonyms: telempathic, telepathic
1 more example
I didn't know he was empathic until I realized that he had evidently read my mind with his cyborg implant.
Synonyms: telempathic, telepathic
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveDoing so through psychicness, telepathy, etc: that is, through either supernatural powers or neurotechnological powers.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveshowing empathy or ready comprehension of others' states
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
- Ancient Greekἐν (en)
- Ancient Greekπάσχω (páskhō)
- Ancient Greekπάθος (páthos)
- Ancient Greekἐμπαθής (empathḗs)
- Ancient Greekἐμπάθεια (empátheia)
- GermanEinfühlung
- Englishempathy
- Englishempathic
Translations
Bulgarian съпричастен
- съпричастен (săpričasten)showing or expressing empathy
Catalan empàtic
- empàticshowing or expressing empathy
Czech empatický
- empatickýshowing or expressing empathy
Danish empatisk
- empatiskshowing or expressing empathy
Dutch empathisch
- empathischshowing or expressing empathy
Finnish empaattinen
- empaattinenshowing or expressing empathy
French empathique
- empathiqueshowing or expressing empathy
German empathisch, einfühlsam
- empathischshowing or expressing empathy
- einfühlsamshowing or expressing empathy
- einfühlendshowing or expressing empathy
- mitfühlendshowing or expressing empathy
- teilnahmsvollshowing or expressing empathy
Hungarian empatikus
- empatikusshowing or expressing empathy
Italian empatico
- empaticoshowing or expressing empathy
Māori ngākau aroha
- ngākau arohashowing or expressing empathy
Norwegian Bokmål empatisk
- empatiskshowing or expressing empathy
Spanish empático
- empáticoshowing or expressing empathy
Swedish empatisk
- empatiskshowing or expressing empathy
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with empathic
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Cite this entry
empathic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/empathic
“empathic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/empathic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “empathic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/empathic.
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