Synonyms for heartbeat
ˈhɑrtˌbitheart·beat

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. heartbeatnoun

   The rhythm at which a heart pulsates, a cardiac indicator

   If your heartbeat doesn't normalize soon, consult a doctor!

   Synonyms:
   pulse

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. pulse, pulsation, heartbeat, beatnoun

   the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart

   "he could feel the beat of her heart"

   Synonyms:
   beatnik, instant, metre, pulse, meter, impulse, beat, flash, musical rhythm, split second, round, pulsation, heart rate, wink, rhythm, measure, pulsing, jiffy, cadence, blink of an eye, pulse rate, trice, twinkling

2. blink of an eye, flash, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, split second, trice, twinkling, wink, New York minutenoun

   a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)

   "if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash"

   Synonyms:
   nictitation, second, instant, blinking, flashbulb, pulse, flashgun, eye blink, beat, minute, news bulletin, moment, flash, photoflash, split second, flare, pulsation, winking, flash bulb, wink, nictation, newsbreak, flashing, newsflash, jiffy, ostentation, flash lamp, blink of an eye, blink, fanfare, trice, twinkling

3. heartbeatnoun

   an animating or vital unifying force

   "New York is the commercial heartbeat of America"

   Synonyms:
   instant, blink of an eye, wink, pulse, flash, split second, jiffy, pulsation, beat, twinkling, trice

Matched Categories

1. • Force
   • Moment
   • Periodic Event

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:5.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "heartbeat":

   wink, pulse, jiffy, heart, glance

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1. Jim McLaughlin:

   A club can have all these offerings, but the thing that's the heartbeat of it is the social experience in the middle, i don't think that's going to ever change. We're Facebook for real. Community is important to everybody and being a part of something and feeling you belong, and that happens at clubs.

2. Jim Calhoun:

   Most kids would have said,' Screw you,' stanley Robinson could have left in a heartbeat, but Stanley Robinson's unique.

3. John Stemberger:

   While exceptions are important and represent real human beings, the bottom line is they are small in number, so it’s a huge victory even with exceptions and I think the governor and his staff are thinking the same way, he’s certainly committed to signing a heartbeat bill.

4. Bryan Hughes:

   Based on what we read in court opinions from other abortion cases, and other federal cases, we believe The Texas bill -- because of the private civil enforcement, primarily, and a few other things -- is drafted differently than those other heartbeat bills that are pending, that are awaiting court ruling today.

5. Kimberly ONeill with baby London:

   We were excited. We went in to eight weeks in and we knew it was a boy, we saw the heart beat and then we went at 11 weeks and the heartbeat had stopped.