Meaning

3 senses
  1. 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.

    empathisch, einfühlsam, einfühlend

    showing empathy or ready comprehension of others' states

  2. 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.

  3. Doing so through psychicness, telepathy, etc: that is, through either supernatural powers or neurotechnological powers.

    Near-synonyms: telempathic, telepathic

    I didn't know he was empathic until I realized that he had evidently read my mind with his cyborg implant.

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Her empathic abilities often leave her drained at the end of a long day.

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Translations

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By meaning 1
showing or expressing empathy:

Forms

more empathic, most empathic
Comparativemore empathic Lesson
Superlativemost empathic Lesson

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • showing empathy or ready comprehension of others' states:empathetic

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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