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empath

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈɛm.pæθ/
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  • CMU ARPABET: EH1 M P AE2 TH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Someone with an extraordinarily high capability of sensing the emotions of others.

Someone who does so through psychological talent or training, thus having an unusually good level of empathy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Someone with an extraordinarily high capability of sensing the emotions of others.

Someone who does so through psychicness, telepathy, etc: that is, through either supernatural powers or neurotechnological powers.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: literature, media, parapsychology, pseudoscience, publishing, science-fiction

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: telempath, telepath

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: telempath, telepath

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From empathy.

Across languages

Translations

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • French: empathe — person with excessive empathy
  • German: Empath — person with excessive empathy
  • German: Empathin — person with excessive empathy
  • Hungarian: empata — person with excessive empathy
  • Portuguese: pessoa empática — person with excessive empathy
  • Spanish: émpata — person with excessive empathy
  • Spanish: zahorí — person with excessive empathy
  • Finnish: empaatti — person with extra-sensory empathic ability
  • French: empathe — person with extra-sensory empathic ability
  • German: Empath — person with extra-sensory empathic ability
  • Spanish: émpata — person with extra-sensory empathic ability