empath

Noun

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

   Coordinate Terms: telempath telepath

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

   2. (parapsychology or science fiction) Someone who does so through psychicness, telepathy, etc: that is, through either supernatural powers or neurotechnological powers.

      • Near-synonyms: telempath, telepath
      • She was the empath who would betray empaths if she got the chance. So they'd tried to fix things so that she didn't get the chance. - 1957, Hans Stefan Santesson, editor, Fantastic Universe:
      • How did a complete stranger know he was an empath? He rarely if ever talked about it, even to his closest friends. It made people uneasy. - 2005, Catherine Asaro, Schism:

      Synonyms: telempath telepath