Synonyms of heart

heart

noun

ˈhärt 

1

as in kindness

the capacity for feeling for another's unhappiness or misfortune

those who refuse to contribute to the fund for the famine victims must have no heart

Synonyms & Similar Words

• kindness
• sympathy
• compassion
• feelings
• feeling
• humanity
• mercy
• pity
• generosity
• sensitivity
• ruth
• kindliness
• love
• responsiveness
• charity
• commiseration
• affection
• sensibility
• kindheartedness
• good-heartedness
• regard
• warmheartedness
• softheartedness
• largeheartedness
• bigheartedness
• empathy
• affinity
• rapport
• humanism
• goodwill
• humaneness
• altruism
• philanthropy
• humanitarianism
• benignity
• benevolence
• benignancy

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• indifference
• inhumanity
• coldness
• disinterest
• callousness
• cruelty
• hatred
• unconcern
• mercilessness
• pitilessness
• hard-heartedness
• coldheartedness
• hostility
• harshness
• inhumanness
• animosity
• dislike
• antipathy

2

as in center

a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest

the heart of the village economy was the outdoor market

Synonyms & Similar Words

• center
• capital
• hub
• mecca
• core
• focus
• nucleus
• base
• seat
• locus
• central
• nexus
• epicenter
• navel
• axis
• playground
• ground zero
• headquarters
• nerve center
• eye
• cynosure
• omphalos
• where it's at
• essence
• soul
• attraction
• hot spot
• hive
• magnet
• hotbed
• kernel
• pith
• deep
• nub
• thick
• happy hunting ground
• quintessence
• playland
• lodestone
• polestar

3

as in courage

strength of mind to carry on in spite of danger

never lost heart while she was lost in the woods

Synonyms & Similar Words

• courage
• heroism
• gallantry
• bravery
• courageousness
• prowess
• nerve
• valor
• daring
• stoutness
• fearlessness
• pecker
• guts
• virtue
• intrepidity
• bottle
• hardihood
• gutsiness
• intrepidness
• dauntlessness
• daringness
• fortitude
• greatheartedness
• stamina
• grit
• intestinal fortitude
• backbone
• doughtiness
• stomach
• mettle
• spunk
• determination
• fiber
• gumption
• perseverance
• endurance
• temper
• tenacity
• moxie
• resolution
• pluck
• boldness
• audacity
• pluckiness
• gall
• temerity
• effrontery
• cheek
• cojones
• brazenness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• cowardice
• timidity
• weakness
• softness
• cowardliness
• fearfulness
• cold feet
• feebleness
• spinelessness
• faintheartedness
• timorousness
• impotence
• cravenness
• poltroonery
• hesitation
• dastardliness
• indecision
• mousiness
• ineffectualness
• indecisiveness
• irresolution

4

as in core

the central part or aspect of something under consideration

at the heart of the problem is the school's outmoded computer system

avoided any small talk and got right to the heart of the matter

Synonyms & Similar Words

• core
• essence
• root
• kernel
• point
• meat
• nucleus
• sum
• bottom line
• crux
• centerpiece
• sum and substance
• pith
• pivot
• gist
• nub
• keynote
• net
• subject
• the long and short
• theme
• tenor
• direction
• body
• content
• nubbin
• bull's-eye
• meat and potatoes
• course
• substance
• drift
• thesis
• hypothesis
• proposition
• purport

5

as in soul

the seat of one's deepest thoughts and emotions

deep down in her heart, she knew he was telling the truth

Synonyms & Similar Words

• soul
• mind
• gut
• breast
• core
• bosom
• bone(s)
• blood
• inside
• belly
• conscience
• quick
• heartstrings
• inner space

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of heart

Roccuzzo reacted to Shakira’s message by re-sharing the post on her Instagram page, along with a teary-eyed emoji and a white heart. — Jaclyn Hendricks, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026

Alcides Ghiggia, Uruguay vs Brazil, 1950 The first truly iconic World Cup final goal, breaking Brazilian hearts in the process. — Adam Hurrey, New York Times, 17 July 2026

The historic Excelsior Club, once the beating heart of Black Charlotte’s social and political life, came down this week after sitting vacant and decaying for a decade. — Charlotte Observer, 17 July 2026

The government that decided what machines may do with Chinese hearts spent the same seven days volunteering to referee yours. — Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

Phrases Containing heart

• change of heart
• eat one's heart out
• eating one's heart out
• lose heart
• lose one's heart (to)
• set one's heart on