noun
1. commiserates with someone who has had misfortune
• Syn: ↑sympathiser, ↑comforter
• Derivationally related forms: ↑comfort (for: ↑comforter), ↑sympathise (for: ↑sympathiser), ↑sympathize
• Hypernyms: ↑communicator
• Hyponyms: ↑Job's comforter
2. someone who shares your feelings or opinions and hopes that you will be successful
• Syn: ↑sympathiser, ↑well-wisher
• Derivationally related forms: ↑sympathise (for: ↑sympathiser), ↑sympathize
• Hyponyms: ↑bleeding heart, ↑fellow traveler, ↑fellow traveller
Useful english dictionary. 2012.