SYMPATHIZER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sympathizer mean? 

• SYMPATHIZER (noun)
  The noun SYMPATHIZER has 2 senses:

1. a person who commiserates with someone who has had misfortune

2. someone who shares your feelings or opinions and hopes that you will be successful

  Familiarity information: SYMPATHIZER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SYMPATHIZER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who commiserates with someone who has had misfortune

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

comforter; sympathiser; sympathizer

Hypernyms ("sympathizer" is a kind of...):

communicator (a person who communicates with others)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sympathizer"):

Job's comforter (someone whose comfort is actually discouraging)

Derivation:

sympathize (to feel or express sympathy or compassion)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Someone who shares your feelings or opinions and hopes that you will be successful

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

sympathiser; sympathizer; well-wisher

Hypernyms ("sympathizer" is a kind of...):

admirer; booster; champion; friend; protagonist; supporter (a person who backs a politician or a team etc.)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sympathizer"):

bleeding heart (someone who is excessively sympathetic toward those who claim to be exploited or underprivileged)

fellow traveler; fellow traveller (a communist sympathizer (but not a member of the Communist Party))

Derivation:

sympathize (share the feelings of; understand the sentiments of)

 Context examples 

It was clear, from the moment of his rising, that he had a number of friends and sympathizers in the hall, though they formed a minority in the audience.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)