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sympathizer

[ sim-puh-thahy-zer ]

noun

  1. a person who sympathizes.
  2. Ophthalmology. an eye that exhibits ophthalmia because of disease or injury of the other.


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Other Words From

  • non·sympa·thizer noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of sympathizer1

First recorded in 1805–15; sympathize + -er 1

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Example Sentences

Anyone considered insufficiently anti-Communist was deemed a “comsymp”—short for Communist sympathizer.

The president considered “Lucky Lindy,” as he was derisively called, a Nazi sympathizer and a subversive.

Is he for the ticks or is he—perhaps—soft on them, or worse yet, a tick sympathizer?

Taken for guerrillas, every Southern sympathizer was eager to give them all the information possible.

Mr. Rice, the owner of the plantation, was a hot Southern sympathizer, but he did not relish his present company.

An unknown sympathizer sends greetings, in the name of humanity.

The fact that this newspaper was taken by Mr. Pollard was to me sufficient evidence that he was a Southern sympathizer.

There were many who regarded it as a measure of self-defence to put to death so open a sympathizer with the work of persecution.

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