Synonyms for heart
Another word for heart is bosom, pump or ticker. Below are 31 synonyms and 30 related words across 10 senses.
Also searched as: hearted, hearting.
1. noun: the locus of feelings and intuitions
- bosom synonyms
2. noun: the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body
- pump
- ticker synonyms
3. noun: the courage to carry on
- nerve synonyms
- mettle
- spunk
4. noun: an area that is approximately central within some larger region
- center synonyms
- middle synonyms
- eye synonyms
- centre synonyms
5. noun: the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
- center synonyms
- centre synonyms
- core synonyms
- heart and soul synonyms
- meat synonyms
- sum synonyms
- substance synonyms
- essence synonyms
- kernel synonyms
- marrow synonyms
- gist synonyms
- nitty-gritty synonyms
- nub
- pith
- inwardness
6. noun: an inclination or tendency of a certain kind
- spirit synonyms
7. noun: a plane figure with rounded sides curving inward at the top and intersecting at the bottom; conventionally used on playing cards and valentines
8. noun: a firm rather dry variety meat (usually beef or veal)
9. noun: a positive feeling of liking
- affection synonyms
- tenderness synonyms
- fondness synonyms
- philia
- warmness
- warmheartedness
- affectionateness
10. noun: a playing card in the major suit that has one or more red hearts on it
Related words
Broader, narrower and sibling terms from the same WordNet tree. They aren't interchangeable, but one of them is often the word you wanted.
- suspicion synonyms
- intuition
- hunch synonyms
- internal organ
- viscus
- biauriculate heart
- courage synonyms
- bravery synonyms
- braveness
- courageousness
- country synonyms
- area synonyms
- city center
- central city
- medical center
- city centre
- center stage
- financial center
- seat synonyms
- centre stage
- storm center
- storm centre
- inner city
- hub
- midfield
- stuff synonyms
- content synonyms
- mental object
- cognitive content
- bare bones
Heart in word games
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- 5
- Scrabble
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- Words With Friends
- 7
- How common
- Everyday word
- Unscramble HEART
- Is HEART a word?
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Questions people ask
What is another word for heart?
You can say bosom, pump, ticker, nerve or mettle instead of heart. Which one fits depends on the sense; the first sense above means "the locus of feelings and intuitions".
What is the opposite of heart?
WordNet lists no direct antonym for heart; the nearest opposites depend on which sense you mean.
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