sympathizer

1. A person who commiserates with someone who has had misfortune (synset 110705796)
   is a type of: communicator - a person who communicates with others
   subtypes: job's comforter - someone whose comfort is actually discouraging
   same as: comforter, sympathiser
2. Someone who shares your feelings or opinions and hopes that you will be successful (synset 110705556)
   is a type of: admirer, booster, champion, friend, protagonist, supporter - a person who backs a politician or a team etc.
   subtypes:

   • bleeding heart - someone who is excessively sympathetic toward those who claim to be exploited or underprivileged
   • fellow traveler, fellow traveller - a communist sympathizer (but not a member of the Communist Party)
   same as: sympathiser, well-wisher

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