Meaning

2 senses
  1. (derogatory, often)A person who sympathizes (with a political cause, a side in a conflict, etc.); a supporter.

    His reputation was ruined when it was revealed that he had been a Nazi sympathizer before the war.

    Sympathisant, Sympathisantin

    сочу́вствующийsočúvstvujuščij, сочу́вствующаяsočúvstvujuščaja, сторо́нникstorónnik

    a person who commiserates with someone who has had misfortune

  2. (archaic)A person who has, shows or expresses sympathy (with another person or people); a person who enters into the feelings of another.

    сочу́вствующийsočúvstvujuščij, сочу́вствующаяsočúvstvujuščaja

Examples

2 sentences
  1. The owners brought in a hatchet man to fire all the union sympathizers.

  2. Grammar-Nazi-sympathizers must die too!

    ruСторонники граммар-наци тоже должны умереть! — Biga

Translations

6 languages
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Forms

plural: sympathizers

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • someone who shares your feelings or opinions and hopes that you will be successful:sympathiserwell-wisher
  • a person who commiserates with someone who has had misfortune:sympathisercomforter

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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