Synonyms for heart
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. heart

   Synonyms:
   core, nucleus, kernel, interior, center, character, disposition, courage, hardihood, nature, life, feeling, benevolence

   Antonyms:
   exterior, hand, action, aspect, manifestation, conduct, deed, timidity

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1. heart, bosomnoun

   the locus of feelings and intuitions

   "in your heart you know it is true"; "her story would melt your bosom"

   Synonyms:
   affection, embrace, affectionateness, substance, tit, philia, meat, centre, center, tenderness, core, titty, marrow, sum, nerve, ticker, nub, kernel, nitty-gritty, boob, spirit, gist, warmness, inwardness, pith, bosom, pump, essence, mettle, warmheartedness, knocker, heart and soul, fondness, breast, spunk, eye, middle

2. heart, pump, tickernoun

   the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body

   "he stood still, his heart thumping wildly"

   Synonyms:
   affection, affectionateness, substance, philia, meat, centre, center, tenderness, core, marrow, sum, nerve, ticker, nub, kernel, nitty-gritty, spirit, gist, watch, warmness, inwardness, pith, bosom, pump, essence, mettle, warmheartedness, heart and soul, fondness, spunk, stock ticker, eye, middle

3. heart, mettle, nerve, spunknoun

   the courage to carry on

   "he kept fighting on pure spunk"; "you haven't got the heart for baseball"

   Synonyms:
   affection, affectionateness, substance, brass, punk, philia, nervus, meat, tinder, centre, cheek, center, tenderness, kindling, core, marrow, sum, nerve, ticker, nub, kernel, nitty-gritty, spirit, gist, warmness, inwardness, pith, bosom, pump, essence, face, mettle, warmheartedness, heart and soul, touchwood, fondness, spunk, boldness, eye, middle

4. center, centre, middle, heart, eyenoun

   an area that is approximately central within some larger region

   "it is in the center of town"; "they ran forward into the heart of the struggle"; "they were in the eye of the storm"

   Synonyms:
   affection, warmness, affectionateness, substance, center of attention, center field, philia, plaza, meat, centre, center, tenderness, snapper, core, marrow, sum, fondness, nerve, ticker, nerve center, shopping center, midsection, optic, midriff, kernel, nitty-gritty, spirit, centerfield, gist, warmheartedness, nerve centre, inwardness, centre of attention, pith, shopping mall, bosom, mall, essence, nub, mettle, pump, heart and soul, shopping centre, oculus, spunk, midpoint, eye, middle

5. kernel, substance, core, center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-grittynoun

   the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience

   "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"

   Synonyms:
   affection, summation, warmness, sum of money, sum total, means, affectionateness, substance, center of attention, center field, content, nucleus, plaza, meaning, meat, bone marrow, centre, burden, stub, center, tenderness, snapper, core, totality, marrow, heart and soul, sum, fondness, total, nerve, core group, internality, marrow squash, nerve center, shopping center, aggregate, nub, join, kernel, nitty-gritty, union, spirit, centerfield, gist, warmheartedness, nerve centre, inwardness, centre of attention, pith, shopping mall, nubble, bosom, mall, essence, ticker, message, pump, magnetic core, effect, mettle, shopping centre, perfume, spunk, philia, subject matter, amount of money, midpoint, vegetable marrow, eye, amount, middle

6. heart, spiritnoun

   an inclination or tendency of a certain kind

   "he had a change of heart"

   Synonyms:
   affection, life, affectionateness, substance, flavour, philia, sprightliness, gist, smell, centre, center, tenderness, core, marrow, sum, nerve, ticker, disembodied spirit, nub, kernel, nitty-gritty, meat, spirit, emotional state, tone, feel, warmness, inwardness, pith, pump, bosom, essence, intent, mettle, warmheartedness, heart and soul, fondness, purport, spunk, flavor, feeling, liveliness, eye, look, middle

7. heartnoun

   a plane figure with rounded sides curving inward at the top and intersecting at the bottom; conventionally used on playing cards and valentines

   "he drew a heart and called it a valentine"

   Synonyms:
   nitty-gritty, nub, ticker, meat, middle, pith, core, inwardness, fondness, sum, warmheartedness, mettle, warmness, gist, heart and soul, substance, affection, spunk, center, spirit, centre, kernel, eye, essence, tenderness, bosom, pump, philia, marrow, nerve, affectionateness

8. heartnoun

   a firm rather dry variety meat (usually beef or veal)

   "a five-pound beef heart will serve six"

   Synonyms:
   nitty-gritty, nub, ticker, meat, middle, pith, core, inwardness, fondness, sum, warmheartedness, mettle, warmness, gist, heart and soul, substance, affection, spunk, center, spirit, centre, kernel, eye, essence, tenderness, bosom, pump, philia, marrow, nerve, affectionateness

9. affection, affectionateness, fondness, tenderness, heart, warmness, warmheartedness, philianoun

   a positive feeling of liking

   "he had trouble expressing the affection he felt"; "the child won everyone's heart"; "the warmness of his welcome made us feel right at home"

   Synonyms:
   affection, rawness, partiality, affectionateness, substance, philia, meat, centre, lovingness, center, tenderness, core, marrow, sum, nerve, ticker, warmth, fancy, nub, kernel, nitty-gritty, spirit, softheartedness, gist, tenderheartedness, warmness, inwardness, pith, bosom, pump, essence, mettle, warmheartedness, heart and soul, fondness, soreness, spunk, eye, middle

10. heartnoun

    a playing card in the major suit that has one or more red hearts on it

    "he led the queen of hearts"; "hearts were trumps"

    Synonyms:
    nitty-gritty, nub, ticker, meat, middle, pith, core, inwardness, fondness, sum, warmheartedness, mettle, warmness, gist, heart and soul, substance, affection, spunk, center, spirit, centre, kernel, eye, essence, tenderness, bosom, pump, philia, marrow, nerve, affectionateness

Matched Categories

1. • Area
   • Content
   • Courage
   • Internal Organ
   • Intuition
   • Plane Figure
   • Playing Card
   • Temperament
   • Variety Meat

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. heartnoun

   Synonyms:
   seat of life

2. heartnoun

   Synonyms:
   centre, interior, core, kernel, inner part, vital part

3. heartnoun

   Synonyms:
   disposition, mind, will, inclination, purpose, intent, affection, passion

4. heartnoun

   Synonyms:
   courage, spirit, firmness, fortitude, resolution

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. heartnoun

   Synonyms:
   cardia, conscience, character, essence, core, pith, kernel, marrow

   Associated words:
   cardiology, carditis, cardiac, cordial, cardialgia, cardiometry, dexiocardia, systole, diastole, pericardium, endocardium, auricle, ventricle, valve, aneurism, stethoscope, peridiastole

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1. List of paraphrases for "heart":

   cardiac, coeur, core, cardiovascular, centre, hearts, heartland, cœur, crux, corazón, cardiology, herz, cur, essence, soul, center, centrepiece, nub, central, heartbeat, nucleus, midst, epicentre, focus

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1. David Ferguson:

   He got led down a path where they had to stop doing procedures where they said he was qualified nonetheless for the heart transplant, but he had to get the vaccine in order to get that transplant.

2. William Blake:

   Thy friendship oft has made my heart to ache do be my enemy--for friendship's sake.

3. Steve Jobs:

   You’ve got to find what you love, the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it.

4. Sally Yates:

   Until we can talk about mental illness with the same kind of ease that we talk about heart disease or kidney disease.

5. Hillary Clinton:

   Look, I don't believe you change hearts, i believe you change laws, you change allocation of resources, you change the way systems operate. You're not going to change every heart. You're not. But at the end of the day, we could do a whole lot to change some hearts and change some systems and create more opportunities for people who deserve to have them, to live up to their own God-given potential.