Synonyms for heart
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Spirit — the centre, essence, or core
spirit, core, essence, marrow, breast, soul, pith, nub, kernel, meat, interior, substance, being, bowels, gist, quintessence, nucleus, stuff, crux, nitty-gritty informal, sum, nuts and bolts
2. Nerve — emotional strength that allows one to continue in difficult situations; courage; spirit; a will to compete
nerve, courage, boldness, spunk, guts, mettle, fortitude, bravery, pluck informal, grit, resolution, mood dated UK, balls vulgar
3. Affection — compassion
affection, passion, compassion, tenderness, warmness, fondness, inclination, benevolence, philia, affectionateness rare, warmheartedness rare
Definitions
- n. 1
Compassion.
If she had any heart she'd forgive me.
- n. 2
Emotional strength that allows one to continue in difficult situations; courage; spirit; a will to compete.
The team lost, but they showed a lot of heart.
- n. 3
The centre, essence, or core.
That is the heart of the matter
- n. 4
A muscular organ that pumps blood through the body, traditionally thought to be the seat of emotion.
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- hearts → spirits, cores, essences, marrows…
Example sentences
- soul What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul.
- essence What do you think is the essence of the training?
- bowels Begone, wretched spawn of Hell's unholy bowels!
- guts I didn't think Tom would have the guts to do that.
- passion We defy our foes, for our passion makes us strong!
- sugar In 1984, Coke started using HFCS instead of sugar.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| heart | rising | |
| soul | rising | |
| essence | rising | |
| bowels | rising | |
| guts | rising | |
| passion | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- eye1, sum1, nub1
- 4 letters
- will1, love1, soul1, core1, meat1, mood1, pump1, guts1, grit1, gist1, crux1, pith1
- 5 letters
- being2, stuff1, sugar2, balls1, honey2, nerve1, midst1, pluck1, bosom2, spunk1
- 6 letters
- center2, middle2, centre2, spirit2, breast1, kernel2, marrow2, bowels2, ticker2, mettle2, philia
- 7 letters
- purpose2, passion2, courage2, essence2, nucleus3, bravery3
- 8 letters
- interior4, fondness2, boldness2, warmness, carditis
- 9 letters
- substance2, affection3, heartland2, fortitude3
- 10 letters
- resolution4, compassion3, tenderness3
- 11 letters
- inclination4, benevolence4, endocardium
- 12 letters
- quintessence3
- 15 letters
- warmheartedness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (being2 = 2 syllables).