Wordiyo
RootsVocabularyCoursesGuidesMy WordsPricing
Wordiyo

Build your English vocabulary systematically through roots and etymology.

Explore

  • Roots
  • Vocabulary
  • My Words

Learn

  • Guides
  • Pricing

Company

  • About
  • Terms
  • Privacy

© 2026 Wordiyo.

  1. Home
  2. /empathic

empathic

UK/em'pæθɪk/US/em'pæθik/
C2

Definitions

adj.

Showing empathy; understanding others' emotions

有同理心的,感同身受的

Root Breakdown

Root-derived
empath(y)to put into, to cause
+
-icfeel, suffer, experience; (in compounds) disease
=empathic

Variant adjective of empathy, common in psychology. Same meaning as empathetic.

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    Therapists are trained to give an empathic response.

  • 2.

    He has a strongly empathic personality.

← Browse all roots