an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion; "his sympathies were always with the underdog"; "I knew I could count on his understanding" पर्याय: understanding,
sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish) पर्याय: fellow feeling,
a relation of affinity or harmony between people; whatever affects one correspondingly affects the other; "the two of them were in close sympathy"