Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

empath

/ˈɛm.pæθ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.28 in modern English

Syllables: em-path
IPA: /ˈɛm.pæθ/

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone with an extraordinarily high capability of sensing the emotions of others.

noun

Someone with an extraordinarily high capability of sensing the emotions of others.

Example Sentences

"Near-synonyms: telempath, telepath"
"She was the empath who would betray empaths if she got the chance. So they'd tried to fix things so that she didn't get the chance."
"How did a complete stranger know he was an empath? He rarely if ever talked about it, even to his closest friends. It made people uneasy."
"The aura may, in fact, linger around objects or places and that "lingering energy" is what an empath senses and intuits."

Etymology

From empathy.

Inflected Forms

empaths (plural)

Derived Forms

telempath

Phrases

dark empath

Frequently Paired Words

empathic empathically telempath telepath

Synonyms

telempath telepath

Questions

How do you pronounce empath?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɛm.pæθ/.
What does empath mean?: Someone with an extraordinarily high capability of sensing the emotions of others.
Where does empath come from?: From empathy.

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