Antonym: unsympathetic. Similar words: empathetic, sympathy, pathetic, empathy, empathic, empathize, aesthetic, anesthetic. Meaning: [‚sɪmpə'θetɪk] 
adj. 1. of or relating to the sympathetic nervous system 2. expressing or feeling or resulting from sympathy or compassion or friendly fellow feelings; disposed toward 3. having similar disposition and tastes 4. showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity 5. (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings 6. relating to vibrations that occur as a result of vibrations in a nearby body.
adj. 1. of or relating to the sympathetic nervous system 2. expressing or feeling or resulting from sympathy or compassion or friendly fellow feelings; disposed toward 3. having similar disposition and tastes 4. showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity 5. (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings 6. relating to vibrations that occur as a result of vibrations in a nearby body. (271) Framton shivered slightly and turned toward the niece with a look of sympathetic comprehension.
(272) His speeches against corruption may find a sympathetic hearing among some Trinidadians.
More similar words: empathetic, sympathy, pathetic, empathy, empathic, empathize, aesthetic, anesthetic, prophetic, aesthetics, kinesthetic, athletic, aesthetically, symptom, path, all the time, by the time, apathy, at the time of, antipathy, compatibility, for the time being, heretic, genetic, ascetic, reticent, energetic, frenetic, magnetic, cosmetic.