sympathizer
IPA: sˈɪmpʌθaɪzɝ
noun
- (often derogatory) A person who sympathizes (with a political cause, a side in a conflict, etc.); a supporter.
- (now rare) A person who has, shows or expresses sympathy (with another person or people); a person who enters into the feelings of another.
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Examples of "sympathizer" in Sentences
- I see the resident Stalin sympathizer, Kindness has arrived.
- Your little friendship with a terrorist sympathizer is pathetic.
- The line between “pro-American” and terrorist sympathizer is easy to determine.
- On the other hand, that she's a "sympathizer" -- well, that's pretty much a no-brainer, don't you think?
- He was known as a sympathizer, so it was in his best interest to stay out of the mob until after the execution.
- That one of the last remaining fighters / survivors, Marek Edelman, has been called a sympathizer of the Palestinians is no coincidence.
- Sen. Alan Simpson charged that Arnett was "what we used to call a sympathizer" and that his Vietnamese ex-wife had a brother who was "active in the Viet Cong."
- But the appeal was signed by none other than Wyoming Sen. Alan Simpson, whose recent claim that CNN Baghdad correspondent Peter Arnett was an Iraqi "sympathizer" made Simpson a hero among press-bashers.
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