Commiserator refers to a person who provides sympathy or emotional support to someone who is experiencing difficulties or distress. Some synonyms for this word include supporter, sympathizer, empathizer, comforter, consoler, and solacer. A supporter is someone who gives encouragement or assistance to someone else. A sympathizer shares another person's feelings or opinions. An empathizer understands and shares the feelings of another person. A comforter provides emotional support to someone who is hurting or upset. A consoler helps to alleviate someone's grief or distress. A solacer offers comfort or relief to someone who is suffering. All of these words can be used interchangeably with commiserator to describe someone who shows kindness and compassion towards others who are going through a tough time.