sympathy, understanding -- (an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion; "his sympathies were always with the underdog"; "I knew I could count on his understanding")
sympathy, fellow feeling -- (sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish))
sympathy -- (a relation of affinity or harmony between people; whatever affects one correspondingly affects the other; "the two of them were in close sympathy")