Synonyms for identify with
- 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
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WORD ORIGIN
1640s, "regard as the same," from French identifier, from identité (see identity). Sense of "recognize" first recorded 1769. Meaning "make one (with), associate (oneself)" is from 1780. Sense of "serve as means of identification" is attested by 1886. Related: Identified; identifying.
MORE RELATED WORDS FOR IDENTIFY WITH
compare
verbliken, equate- allegorize
- approach
- approximate to
- assimilate
- balance
- be in the same class as
- be on a par with
- bear comparison
- bring near
- come up to
- compete with
- connect
- correlate
- distinguish between
- draw parallel
- equal
- equate
- hold a candle to
- identify with
- link
- make like
- match
- notice similarities
- parallel
- put alongside
- relate
- resemble
- show correspondence
- stack up with
- standardize
- tie up
- vie
comparing
verbliken, equate- allegorize
- approach
- approximate to
- assimilate
- balance
- be in the same class as
- be on a par with
- bear comparison
- bring near
- come up to
- compete with
- connect
- correlate
- distinguish between
- draw parallel
- equal
- equate
- hold a candle to
- identify with
- link
- make like
- match
- notice similarities
- parallel
- put alongside
- relate
- resemble
- show correspondence
- stack up with
- standardize
- tie up
- vie
likened
verbcomparelikening
verbcomparepitied
verbfeel sorry for; spare- ache
- be sorry for
- be sympathetic
- bleed for
- comfort
- commiserate
- condole
- console
- feel for
- feel with
- forgive
- give quarter
- grant amnesty
- grieve with
- have compassion
- have mercy on
- identify with
- lament with
- pardon
- put out of one's misery
- relent
- reprieve
- show forgiveness
- show sympathy
- solace
- soothe
- sympathize
- take pity on
- understand
- weep for
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