emotional intelligencenoun [ U ]
uk/ɪˌməʊ.ʃən.əl ɪnˈtel.ɪ.dʒəns/us/ɪˌmoʊ.ʃən.əl ɪnˈtel.ə.dʒəns/the ability to understand the way people feel and react and to use this skill to make good judgments and to avoid or solve problems:
Individuals with even a small degree of emotional intelligence are a dream to work for.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Empathy and sensitivity
- attuned
- commune
- communion
- empathetic
- empathize
- identify
- identify with sb
- project
- put
- put yourself in sb's place/position/shoes idiom
- rapport
- relate
- relate to sb
- self-discovery
- sensitive
- sensitivity
- sympathetic
- sympathize
- understand
- understanding
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