Heart definition

Heart as a noun

1. the locus of feelings and intuitions

   "in your heart you know it is true"

   Same sense: bosom

2. 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"

   Same sense: pump, ticker

3. the courage to carry on

   "you haven't got the heart for baseball"

   Same sense: nerve, mettle, spunk

4. an area that is approximately central within some larger region

   "they ran forward into the heart of the struggle"

   Same sense: center, middle, eye, centre

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

   "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"

   Same sense: center, centre, core, heart and soul, meat, sum, substance, essence

6. an inclination or tendency of a certain kind

   "he had a change of heart"

   Same sense: spirit

7. 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"

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

   "a five-pound beef heart will serve six"

9. a positive feeling of liking

   "the child won everyone's heart"

   Same sense: affection, tenderness, fondness, philia, warmness, affectionateness, warmheartedness

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

    "he led the queen of hearts"

Synonyms and antonyms

• bosom
• pump
• ticker
• nerve
• mettle
• spunk
• center definition
• middle definition
• eye
• centre
• core
• heart and soul
• meat
• sum
• substance
• essence
• spirit
• affection
• tenderness
• fondness
• philia
• warmness
• affectionateness
• warmheartedness

All synonyms of heart, sense by sense

How to say heart

Heart has 1 syllable and rhymes with part. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with heart

• part
• start
• art
• smart
• apart
• chart
• hart
• cart
• sweetheart
• counterpart
• mart
• restart

HEART in word games

Scrabble

8

Words With Friends

7

Anagrams

3

Is HEART a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check HEART in the word checker, or unscramble HEART to see its 3 anagrams and the shorter words in its letters.