noun
1.
Synonyms: attraction 2, affinity
Antonyms: antipathy
2.
a feeling for or a capacity for sharing in the interests of another
he was in sympathy with her desire to succeed
Synonyms: compassion, empathy, fellow feeling
Related Word: responsiveness, sensitivity; feelings, heart; tenderness, warmheartedness, warmth; benignancy, benignness, kindliness, kindness
Contrasted words: disinterest, unconcern
3.
Synonyms: pity , commiseration, compassion, rue, ruth