sympathiser

A noun referring to a person who expresses pity or compassion for someone else's misfortune, or someone who shares another's feelings or opinions and supports their success.

• 🇩🇪Substantiv, das eine Person bezeichnet, die Mitgefühl oder Mitleid für das Unglück anderer empfindet, oder jemanden, der die Gefühle oder Meinungen einer anderen Person teilt und deren Erfolg unterstützt.

1. Person who shows compassion B2 formal

   Someone who expresses pity or sorrow for another person's misfortune.

   • She was a true sympathiser, offering comfort after his loss.
   • Many sympathisers attended the funeral to show their support.
   • He found a sympathiser in his neighbor who had experienced a similar loss.

   🇩🇪Mitfühlender

   Synonyme: comforter

2. Person who shares beliefs B2 formal

   Someone who agrees with or supports a particular cause, opinion, or group.

   • The political party gained many new sympathisers after the speech.
   • He was a known sympathiser of the environmental movement.
   • The group's sympathisers helped spread their message online.

   🇩🇪Sympathisant

   Synonyme: adherentadvocateallybackerfellow travelerfollowerpartisansupporter

• sympathisers plural form
• sympathisers' possessive plural form
• sympathiser's possessive singular form