Synonyms for heartbeat
ˈhɑrtˌbit

Princeton's WordNet(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. pulse, pulsation, heartbeat, beat(noun)

   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 minute(noun)

   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. heartbeat(noun)

   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

Wiktionary(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. heartbeat(noun)

   The rhythm at which a heart pulsates, a cardiac indicator

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

   Synonyms:
   pulse

PPDB, the paraphrase database(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate these paraphrases:

1. List of paraphrases for "heartbeat":

   wink, pulse, jiffy, heart, glance

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1. Lewis Stahl:

   I'll go Sanders in a heartbeat.

2. Jim Calhoun:

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

3. Ehsan Sehgal:

   Love has no seasons nor reasons. It breezes, and fragrances with the heartbeat.

4. Betty Pina:

   I feel that I made all of the right decisions and I would do them again in a heartbeat.

5. Nisha Jhalani:

   Electrocardiography, or ECG, involves placing electrodes on the skin surface to measure electrical impulses generated by the heart muscle itself. The LED technology used in fitness trackers is an indirect measurement looking at the changes in light reflection through the skin during each heartbeat.

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