sympathizer noun2 •A person who sympathizes (with a political cause, a side in a conflict, etc.); a supporter.His reputation was ruined when it was revealed that he had been a Nazi sympathizer before the war. •(no longer used) A person who has, shows or expresses sympathy (with another person or people); a person who enters into the feelings of another.[…] it is a sad case when the truly godly, who are cordial sympathizers, and earnest intercessours in the straits of a Nation, are stricken dumb in a day of calamity […] — 1655 formssympathizers