Definition of sympathetics

Scrabble & Words with friends points


  • sympathetics is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 24
  • sympathetics is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 24
  • sympathetics is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 25

Definition of sympathetics


  • (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings (adjective)

    Examples

    1. the sympathetic characters in the play

    Synonyms

    1. appealing
    2. likable
    3. likeable
  • relating to vibrations that occur as a result of vibrations in a nearby body (adjective)

    Examples

    1. sympathetic vibration

    Synonyms

    1. harmonic
  • showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity (adjective)

    Examples

    1. sympathetic words

    Synonyms

    1. benevolent
    2. charitable
    3. good-hearted
    4. kindly
    5. large-hearted
    6. openhearted
  • expressing or feeling or resulting from sympathy or compassion or friendly fellow feelings; disposed toward (adjective)

    Examples

    1. sympathetic to the students' cause
    2. a sympathetic observer
    3. a sympathetic gesture
  • having similar disposition and tastes (adjective)

    Examples

    1. with their many similar tastes, he found her a most sympathetic companion
  • of or relating to the sympathetic nervous system (adjective)

    Examples

    1. sympathetic neurons
    2. sympathetic stimulation

See definition of sympathetics in Merriam Webster