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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | understanding |
| Synonyms: | affinity, appreciation, being on same wavelength, being there for someone, communion, community of interests, compassion, comprehension, concord, cottoning to, good vibrations, hitting it off, insight, picking up on, pity, rapport, recognition, responsiveness, soul, sympathy, warmth |
| Notes: | empathy denotes a deep emotional understanding of another's feelings or problems, while sympathy is more general and can apply to small annoyances or setbacks sympathy means the stimulation in a person of feelings that are similar in kind to those that affect another person; empathy means a mental or affective projection into the feelings or state of mind of another person |
| Antonyms: | apathy, misunderstanding, unfeelingness |
| Main Entry: | correlate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | equate, compare |
| Synonyms: | associate, be on same wavelength, connect, coordinate, correspond, have good vibes, interact, parallel, relate mutually, tie in, tune in on |
| Antonyms: | differ, disassociate, disconnect, imbalance |
| Main Entry: | hit it off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get along with |
| Synonyms: | be of one mind, be on the same wavelength, click, cotton to, fall in with, get along well, make friends, see eye to eye, take to |
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