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
• hub
• capital
• mecca
• core
• focus
• nucleus
• base
• seat
• locus
• central
• nexus
• epicenter
• navel
• axis
• playground
• headquarters
• ground zero
• nerve center
• eye
• cynosure
• omphalos
• where it's at
• essence
• soul
• attraction
• hot spot
• magnet
• hive
• hotbed
• kernel
• pith
• deep
• nub
• thick
• happy hunting ground
• playland
• loadstone
• quintessence
• 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
• theme
• the long and short
• tenor
• direction
• body
• content
• nubbin
• bull's-eye
• meat and potatoes
• substance
• course
• the long and the short
• 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

Examples of heart in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Tina Harris: … my heart just felt satisfied … Tina and Rachel Harris speak at a press conference after the verdict. —Nikki Battiste, CBS News, 5 Oct. 2024

Consider biomedical researchers who, inspired by the Japanese art of origami, developed foldable medical devices like heart stents that can expand once inserted, enabling less invasive surgery. —Jessica Billingsley, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2024

Cardiologist As estrogen declines, heart health becomes a growing concern. —Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 25 Sep. 2024

That’s what the best fall books deliver: stories to sit with and warm your heart as much as any rumbling fire or hot cup of tea. —Christine Pride, SELF, 25 Sep. 2024

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