identified with

VERB

put oneself in the place of another

Synonyms

WEAK

ally associate empathize feel for put in same category put oneself in another's shoes relate to respond to see through someone's eyes sympathize think of in connection understand

Example Sentences

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“More than any other company, Ford was identified with a new era of high-wage capitalism,” Michael Lind writes in Land of Promise: An Economic History of the United States.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

She plunged into Rothschild life, telling an interviewer she identified with their risk-taking and stretching limits.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

Appealing to voters in small, rural New England precincts was a remarkable achievement for a candidate identified with Chicago and civil rights campaigns in the South.

From Salon • Feb. 23, 2026

Palmer wasn’t all that familiar with the 1989 version, but she identified with Hughey’s vision, especially given that her son, Leo, was around 1 year old at the time.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 2026

She identified with the Egyptian goddess Isis, the partner of the god-king Osiris, who the Egyptians believed had ruled as pharaoh on Earth.

From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby