Definition of sympathetic

"sympathetic" in the adjective sense

1. sympathetic

of or relating to the sympathetic nervous system

"sympathetic neurons"

"sympathetic stimulation"

2. sympathetic

expressing or feeling or resulting from sympathy or compassion or friendly fellow feelings disposed toward

"sympathetic to the students' cause"

"a sympathetic observer"

"a sympathetic gesture"

3. charitable, benevolent, kindly, sympathetic, good-hearted, openhearted, large-hearted

showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity

"was charitable in his opinions of others"

"kindly criticism"

"a kindly act"

"sympathetic words"

"a large-hearted mentor"

4. sympathetic, appealing, likeable, likable

of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings

"the sympathetic characters in the play"

5. sympathetic

having similar disposition and tastes

"with their many similar tastes, he found her a most sympathetic companion"

6. harmonic, sympathetic

relating to vibrations that occur as a result of vibrations in a nearby body

"sympathetic vibration"

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Quotations for sympathetic

Even from the body's purity, the mind Receives a secret, sympathetic aid. [ Thomson ]

Sympathetic people are often uncommunicative about themselves; they give back reflected images which hide their own depths. [ George Eliot ]

Never to tire, never to grow cold; to be patient, sympathetic, tender; to look for the budding flower and the opening heart; to hope always; like God, to love always - this is duty. [ Amiel ]

sympathetic in Scrabble®

The word sympathetic is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 23

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters sympathetic:

SYMPATHETIC
(234)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (32 words)

achiest, aitches, aseptic, atheism, atheist, chemist, chipset, chymase, chymist, ecthyma, emacity, empathy, haptics, hepatic, impacts, impeach, matches, mistype, pastime, patches, patties, pettish, pitches, pyaemic, pyemias, satiety, spicate, statice, styptic, testacy, tipcats, yachtie

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word sympathetic

SYMPATHETIC
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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In sympathetic

SYMPATHETIC
(234)
SYMPATHETIC
(216)
SYMPATHETIC
(156)
SYMPATHETIC
(144)
ECTHYMA
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CHYMIST
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CHYMASE
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EMPATHY
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ECTHYMA
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CHYMASE
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EMPATHY
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ECTHYMA
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SYMPATHETIC
(112)
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EMPATHY
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STYPTIC
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MATCHES
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PITCHES
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MISTYPE
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CHIPSET
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TESTACY
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sympathetic in Words With Friends™

The word sympathetic is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 24

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters sympathetic:

SYMPATHETIC
(306)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (32 words)

achiest, aitches, aseptic, atheism, atheist, chemist, chipset, chymase, chymist, ecthyma, emacity, empathy, haptics, hepatic, impacts, impeach, matches, mistype, pastime, patches, patties, pettish, pitches, pyaemic, pyemias, satiety, spicate, statice, styptic, testacy, tipcats, yachtie

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word sympathetic

SYMPATHETIC
(306)
SYMPATHETIC
(288)
SYMPATHETIC
(252)
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(192)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In sympathetic

SYMPATHETIC
(306)
SYMPATHETIC
(288)
SYMPATHETIC
(252)
SYMPATHETIC
(192)
SYMPATHETIC
(156)
PYAEMIC
(137 = 102 + 35)
CHYMIST
(128 = 93 + 35)
EMACITY
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CHYMASE
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ECTHYMA
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SPICATE
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IMPEACH
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PYAEMIC
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EMPATHY
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EMPATHY
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CHYMASE
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SYMPATHETIC
(116)
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IMPEACH
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SYMPATHETIC
(112)
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(110 = 75 + 35)
PITCHES
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STYPTIC
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CHEMIST
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IMPEACH
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EMACITY
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ECTHYMA
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PYEMIC
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SYMPATHETIC
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THYMIC
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(96)
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ATHEISM
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Words within the letters of sympathetic

2 letter words in sympathetic (23 words)

9 letter words in sympathetic (2 words)

10 letter words in sympathetic (1 word)

11 letter words in sympathetic (1 word)

sympathetic + 1 blank (1 word)

sympathetic + 2 blanks (3 words)

Words containing the sequence sympathetic

Words that start with sympathetic (4 words)

Word Growth involving sympathetic

Shorter words in sympathetic

he het pathetic

at pat path pathetic

pa pat path pathetic

he the pathetic

tic pathetic

Longer words containing sympathetic

nonsympathetic nonsympathetically

oculosympathetic

parasympathetic parasympathetics

sympathetically nonsympathetically

sympathetically unsympathetically

sympatheticness unsympatheticness

sympathetics parasympathetics

unsympathetic unsympathetically

unsympathetic unsympatheticness