adj. 25B6; adjective
a sympathetic listener : COMPASSIONATE, caring, concerned, solicitous, empathetic, understanding, sensitive; commiserative, pitying, consoling, comforting, supportive, encouraging; considerate, kind, tender-hearted.
the most sympathetic character in the book : LIKEABLE, pleasant, agreeable, congenial, friendly, genial.
I was sympathetic to his cause : IN FAVOUR OF, in sympathy with, pro, on the side of, supportive of, encouraging of; well disposed to, favourably disposed to, receptive to.
unfeeling, opposed.