# empath

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɛm.pæθ/ · frequency rank #68,190

## Definitions
1. One who has the ability to sense emotions; someone who is empathic or practises empathy.
2. A person with extrasensory empathic ability, capable of sensing the emotions of others around them in a way unexplained by conventional science and psychology.

## Etymology
From empathy.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/empath