sympathetic

Adjective

• relating to vibrations that occur as a result of vibrations in a nearby body
  • sympathetic vibration
    

• having similar disposition and tastes
  • with their many similar tastes, he found her a most sympathetic companion
    

• (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings
  • the sympathetic characters in the play
    

• showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity
  • was charitable in his opinions of others
    
  • kindly criticism
    
  • a kindly act
    
  • sympathetic words
    
  • a large-hearted mentor
    

• expressing or feeling or resulting from sympathy or compassion or friendly fellow feelings; disposed toward
  • sympathetic to the students' cause
    
  • a sympathetic observer
    
  • a sympathetic gesture
    

• of or relating to the sympathetic nervous system
  • sympathetic neurons
    
  • sympathetic stimulation
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  harmonic , appealing , likeable , likable , charitable , benevolent , kindly , good-hearted , openhearted , large-hearted
• Antonyms: 
  unsympathetic , unappealing , unlikeable , unlikable