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heart
Synonyms and Antonyms of heart
1
the capacity for feeling for anotherʼs unhappiness or misfortune
2
a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest
happy hunting ground, hive, hotbed, hot spot, playground, playland
attraction, lodestone (also loadstone), magnet, polestar
where it's at
3
strength of mind to carry on in spite of danger
bottle [British slang], bravery, courage, courageousness, daring, daringness, dauntlessness, doughtiness, fearlessness, gallantry, greatheartedness, guts, gutsiness, hardihood, heroism, intestinal fortitude, intrepidity, intrepidness, moxie, nerve, pecker [chiefly British], prowess, stoutness, valor, virtue
backbone, fiber, fortitude, grit, gumption, mettle, pluck, pluckiness, spunk, temper
determination, perseverance, resolution
endurance, stamina, stomach, tenacity
audacity, boldness, brazenness, cheek, cojones [slang], effrontery, gall, temerity
4
the central part or aspect of something under consideration
bottom line, bull's-eye, centerpiece, core, crux, essence, gist, kernel, keynote, meat, meat and potatoes, net, nub, nubbin, nucleus, pith, pivot, point, root, sum
sum and substance, the long and short (or the long and the short)
5
the seat of oneʼs deepest thoughts and emotions
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