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Synonyms for heart and soul

16 synonyms
1 meaning

noun

Most common

heart core meat sum beating heart

All synonyms

Noun

1. Heart — the core of a thing; the most essential or important part

heart, core, center US CA, centre UK, meat, sum, substance, essence, kernel, marrow, gist, nitty-gritty informal, nub, pith, crux, inwardness dated

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Definitions

n. 1
The core of a thing; the most essential or important part.
The heart and soul of any democracy is its electorate.

Example sentences

heart The frightened boy's heart palpitated with terror.
core It's quite likely that FIFA is rotten to the core.
meat Tom bought some expensive meat to cook for dinner.
sum I pay quite a sum of money for each game-cassette.

By length

3 letters: sum¹, nub¹
4 letters: core¹, meat¹, gist¹, crux¹, pith¹
5 letters: heart¹
6 letters: center², centre², kernel², marrow²
7 letters: essence²
9 letters: substance²
10 letters: inwardness

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (center² = 2 syllables).