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empathy [em-puh-thee]
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: discover
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: find, uncover
Synonyms: ascertain, bring to light, catch, come across, come upon, conceive, contrive, debunk, design, detect, determine, devise, dig up, discern, disclose, distinguish, elicit, espy, explore, ferret out, get wind of, get wise to, glimpse, hear, identify, invent, learn, light upon, locate, look up, nose out, notice, observe, originate, perceive, pick up on, pioneer, realize, recognize, reveal, see, sense, smoke out, spot, think of, turn up, unearth
Notes: The word discover goes back to Latin dis- and cooperire, meaning 'to remove the covering; completely uncover.' By 1553, it was used to mean 'seeing or gaining knowledge of something previously unknown' and 'finding out; bringing to light.' You discover ('uncover') something that is already there, something that has existed but is generally unknown - but you invent something that has never existed before.
Antonyms: lose, miss, pass by
Main Entry: distinguish
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: discern, identify
Synonyms: beam*, catch, descry, detect, dig, discover, discriminate, eye, eyeball, flash*, focus, get a load of, get an eyeful, know, make out, mark, note, notice, observe, perceive, pick out, pick up on, read, recognize, remark, see, spot, spy, take in, tell, view
Main Entry: ferret out
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: search out
Synonyms: ascertain, be on to, bring to light, chase, chase down, determine, dig out, dig up, dig up, disclose, discover, drive out, elicit, extract, follow, get at, hunt, hunt down, learn, nose out, penetrate, pick up on, pierce, probe, pry, pursue, quest, root out, root out, scout out, search out, seek, smell out, smoke out, smoke out, sniff out, trace, track down, trail, uncover, unearth, worm out
Main Entry: listen
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: hear and pay attention
Synonyms: accept, admit, adopt, attend, audit, auscult, auscultate, be all ears, be attentive, catch, concentrate, eavesdrop, entertain, get, get a load of, give an audience to, give attention, give heed to, hang on words, hark, harken, hear out, hear tell, hearken, lend an ear, mind, monitor, obey, observe, overhear, pick up on, prick up ears, receive, take advice, take into consideration, take notice, take under advisement, tune in, tune in on, welcome
Notes: to listen is to try to hear; to hear is simply to perceive with the ear
Antonyms: speak, talk
Main Entry: locate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: find
Synonyms: come across, come upon, detect, determine, discover, establish, ferret out, get at, happen upon, hit upon, hook*, lay one's hands on, light upon, meet with, pick up on, pin down, pinpoint, place, position, read, search out, smell out, smoke out, spot, station, strike, stumble on, track down, trip over, uncover, unearth, zero in on
Antonyms: lose, miss
Main Entry: look out
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: be wary
Synonyms: be alert, be careful, be on guard, beware, check out, have a care, heads up, hearken, keep an eye out, keep tabs, listen, mind, notice, pay attention, peg, pick up on, scope, shotgun, size up, spot, spy, watch out
Antonyms: disregard, ignore, neglect
Main Entry: note
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: observe, perceive
Synonyms: catch, clock, denote, descry, designate, dig, discern, discover, distinguish, document, enter, get a load of, get an eyeful, heed, indicate, jot down, mark, mention, notice, pick up on, put down, record, register, remark, see, set down, spot, take in*, transcribe, view, write, write down
Antonyms: ignore, neglect
Main Entry: notice
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: observe, perceive
Synonyms: acknowledge, advert, allude, catch, clock, descry, detect, dig*, discern, distinguish, espy, flash on, get a load of, heed, look at, make out, mark, mind, note, pick up on, recognize, refer, regard, remark, see, spot, take in
Antonyms: ignore, miss, neglect, overlook
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