Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sympathizer

/sˈɪmpəθˌaɪzɚ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.59 in modern English

Syllables: sym-pa-thiz-er
IPA: /sˈɪmpəθˌaɪzɚ/

30

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who sympathizes (with a political cause, a side in a conflict, etc.); a supporter.

Derogatory

noun

A person who has, shows or expresses sympathy (with another person or people); a person who enters into the feelings of another.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"His reputation was ruined when it was revealed that he had been a Nazi sympathizer before the war."
"[…] she exposed herself to the fury of the sympathizers with slavery, without fear, and suffered their blows without flinching."
"‘[…] And I tell you that the slightest suspicion of my loyalty could be ruin for me, ruin! If it were ever breathed that I were even a sympathiser with this rebellion, there iss an end of me.’"
"The Ardent Spirit pupils now belong to him alone and through them he’ll set his plans in motion, moulding them to be warrior saints, brilliant in deceit against the West and its sympathisers here at home."
"[…] it is a sad case when the truly godly, who are cordial sympathizers, and earnest intercessours in the straits of a Nation, are stricken dumb in a day of calamity […]"
"[…] I am a sympathizer in every part of thy distress, except (and yet it is cruel to say it) in That which arises from thy guilt."

Etymology

Etymology tree English sympathize Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English sympathizer From sympathize + -er.

Usage

Inflected Forms

sympathizers (plural) sympathiser (alternative, UK)

Derived Forms

comsymp nonsympathizer

Phrases

fellow traveller

Frequently Paired Words

fellow traveller

Synonyms

sympathiser well-wisher comforter

Questions

How do you pronounce sympathizer?: The recorded pronunciation is /sˈɪmpəθˌaɪzɚ/.
What does sympathizer mean?: A person who sympathizes (with a political cause, a side in a conflict, etc.); a supporter.
Where does sympathizer come from?: Etymology tree English sympathize Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English sympathizer From sympathize + -er.

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