- sympathizer, sympathiser, comforter - commiserates with someone who has had misfortune
--1 is a kind of communicator
--1 has particulars: Job's comforterDerived form: verb sympathise2 - sympathizer, sympathiser, well-wisher - someone who shares your feelings and expresses sympathy or hopes that something will be successful
--2 is a kind of supporter, protagonist, champion, admirer, booster, friend
--2 has particulars: bleeding heart; fellow traveler, fellow travellerDerived form: verb sympathise1