empathic
/ɛmˈpæθɪk/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.59 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Showing or expressing empathy.
adj
Of, pertaining to, or being an empath, having an extraordinarily high capability of sensing the emotions of others.
adj
Of, pertaining to, or being an empath, having an extraordinarily high capability of sensing the emotions of others.
Example Sentences
- "Be fair to people: even those who manage to be empathic can't be telepathic. They're only human — they can't read your mind."
- "Be fair to people: not everyone can be empathic, like Cathy is. Her gift is rare."
- "Near-synonyms: telempathic, telepathic"
- "I didn't know he was empathic until I realized that he had evidently read my mind with his cyborg implant."
Etymology
Etymology tree English empathy Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English empathic From empathy + -ic.
Inflected Forms
more empathic (comparative)
most empathic (superlative)